Starting a New React Project in 2026-2027: The Stack I Keep Coming Back To
I was three weeks into a new client engagement — a mid-sized insurance company building a policy administration CRM from scratch. No legacy code, no i...
Jul 30, 2026
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TypeScript in React: Patterns That Actually Matter
Six weeks into the insurance CRM project, we had a production incident. The backend team renamed a field — policy_number became policyNumber — as part...
Code Structure in React: The FSD Version I Actually Use
At the insurance company, our React app started with a structure I still like for small projects. src/ api/ components/ hooks/ layouts/ pages/ types/ ...
Error Handling in React: What Users Should See When Things Break
The first serious error-handling conversation on the insurance CRM happened after a demo. We had built the policy detail page. It fetched the policy, ...
React Data Fetching with TanStack Query: The Patterns That Keep Apps Calm
Three months into the insurance CRM, we had a page that felt haunted. The policy list would load. Then it would blink. Then it would refetch after swi...
Routing with TanStack Router: Treat the URL Like Application State
The policy list bug started as a support ticket. An agent filtered policies by status, page, and renewal date. She copied the URL and sent it to anoth...
React State Management with Reatom: When useState Stops Being Enough
The policy builder did not look dangerous at first. It was "just a form." A few sections, some conditional fields, a Save Draft button, a final Submit...
Immutable Data in React: The Rule I Stopped Arguing About
The company had a legacy PHP application, and we were not brought in to rebuild it. We were brought in to add one module. One module. A self-contained...
Styling React in 2026: How I Actually Choose
Ask ten React developers how to style a component and you'll start a fight. Not a discussion. A fight. Tailwind people and CSS-in-JS people don't disa...