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2026

Jan 22
· 10 min read

Building Production Gutenberg Blocks in 2025

A practical guide to building Gutenberg blocks with the v3 API — block.json, dynamic blocks, deprecations, and the testing strategies that actually work.

PHP WordPress React Gutenberg

2025

Jul 28
· 9 min read

React 19 in Production: useTransition, useOptimistic, and the End of forwardRef

How I use the new React 19 hooks in this portfolio's admin — useTransition for non-blocking input, useOptimistic for instant UI, and refs as props.

TypeScript React Performance Architecture

About React

Everything Al Amin Ahamed has written about React — written after shipping rather than before, so what is in here is what the constraint turned out to be and what I got wrong first.