Tech Radar · a self-improving loop
Tech Radar
Where I stand with the tools I touch — read from the confident center outward to the wary edge. Hover a point to find it in the list, or the other way around.
adoptApplied consistently — ready at scale.
1
TypeScriptStable
Default for anything that ships. The editor feedback loop alone earns its keep.View entry →2
PostgreSQLStable
One database until proven otherwise. It does far more than most teams reach for.View entry →3
Playwright↑ Moved in
Replaced a flaky Selenium suite; the trace viewer makes failures actually debuggable.View entry →trialActively studying & experimenting.
4
RustNew
Rewriting one hot path. The borrow-checker pain is front-loaded, then it goes quiet.View entry →5
htmx↑ Moved in
Server-rendered with islands of interactivity — less JavaScript than I expected to need.View entry →6
BunNew
Fast and pleasant, but I'm watching ecosystem gaps before trusting it in production.View entry →assessCurious — watching, not yet committed.
7
Local-first / CRDTsWatching
Compelling for collaborative apps; still weighing the sync and conflict complexity.View entry →8
WebGPUWatching
Keeping an eye on it for in-browser compute. No project that needs it yet.View entry →9
Effect (TS)Watching
Powerful structured concurrency and error handling; unsure about team ramp-up cost.View entry →cautionWary — avoiding by default.
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Microservices by default↓ Moved out
A great answer to an org problem I usually don't have yet. Start with a modular monolith.View entry →11
GraphQL for internal APIsAvoid
Real cost for marginal benefit when one team owns both ends of the wire.View entry →12
Kubernetes for small teamsAvoid
A platform team's tool. For three engineers it quietly becomes a second job.View entry →