# blog
Notes on Building Things
Long-form writing on .NET, web crawling, and shipping real software.
AI
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How to Use AI Effectively in 2026 (Without Losing Your Edge)
AI tools are everywhere, but most people are using them wrong. Here's what actually works after a year of building real software with AI in the loop every day.
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Next.js
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The Next.js App Router SEO Checklist I Actually Use
Metadata, sitemaps, JSON-LD, and the SSR decisions that determine whether Google can actually read your Next.js site — the checklist behind this portfolio.
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ASP.NET Core
2 min read
Storing OAuth Tokens Safely in a .NET Backend
How I designed encrypted, per-provider token storage and a queued retry worker for a service that publishes to five different social platforms.
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PuppeteerSharp
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Three Things I Learned Building Crawlers with PuppeteerSharp
Headless Chrome from .NET is powerful and fragile in equal measure. Notes from building and maintaining production crawlers over the past few years.
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