Software Engineering Blog, page 3
Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Ishan Chavda
What are Web Vitals, how they work and why they matter for web performance
What are Web Vitals? LCP, INP and CLS defined with Google's thresholds, the 75th percentile rule, lab versus field data and one site's real numbers.
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Ajay Patel
Build or buy PIM for ecommerce: what a PIM is, when you need one and how to choose
Build or buy PIM for ecommerce? Test your catalogue against platform limits, then compare SaaS, open core, a custom build and no PIM on the same axes.
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Ajay Patel
How to hire UI/UX product designers and test the work before you commit
How to hire UI/UX product designers when you cannot judge design: write pass lines first, read portfolios for decisions, then run a short paid pilot.
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Ajay Patel
The design handoff checklist: what the file holds, who signs it, and how the build is checked
A design handoff checklist in three parts: what the Figma file must hold before code starts, who signs it ready to build, and how the build is checked.
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Vishal Gheravada
Micro-frontends with Module Federation: what they are, when they pay, and how to join the parts
Micro-frontends with Module Federation, explained: what the split is, when it pays, how each way of joining parts compares, and a host and remote that run.
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Ajay Patel
Dedicated team vs staff augmentation: which one a US company should buy
Dedicated team vs staff augmentation, decided by one test: who owns the plan on your side. Where each model fails, and what a US contract must say.
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Ajay Patel
Dedicated developer vs freelancer vs W-2 hire: the real choice for a US company
Dedicated developer vs freelancer vs W-2 hire for a US company, compared on payroll tax, benefits, classification risk, code ownership and replacement.
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Tirth Bodawala
European Accessibility Act enforcement in 2026: the cases so far, who is in scope and what to build to
European Accessibility Act enforcement so far: regulator cases, French court orders, the microenterprise test, the 2030 windows and which WCAG to build to.
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Hardip Patel
How to modernize legacy code with AI without breaking business logic
How to modernize legacy code with AI safely: recover the business rules, pin behaviour with characterization tests, then migrate in small reviewed slices.
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Ayush Makwana
Is it time to leave WordPress? A 2026 guide to the WordPress to Cloudflare EmDash migration
A WordPress to Cloudflare EmDash migration guide for site owners: what EmDash 1.0 fixes, what the importer leaves, and how to sort your own plugins.
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Vishal Gheravada
Module Federation Core Web Vitals SEO: where runtime composition costs you, and a budget for every remote
Module federation core web vitals SEO, traced: which vital each remote strains, when to render remotes on the server, and a budget each build enforces.
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Hemal Shah
Real-time AI decisions: how small AI models act while your customer is still on the page
Real-time AI decisions for a CEO, COO or CFO: which small calls suit AI, how the confidence dial sets staff time, and the backup rule for an outage.
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