Publications

Insights and technical writing from the KotaiCode team — explore what we build, learn, and think about.

Next.JS isn't all that bad.

Though I am primarily a backend/system developer, I have worked with frontend for a long time. Coffeescript, React JS/Native when it was just in beta, Rails, plain HTML/CSS, React when it matured a bit more, etc.

Dr. Sandeep SadanandanNovember 11, 2025

The Art of Debugging: Beyond Breakpoints and Print Statements

Debugging. For many software developers, the word itself conjures images of late nights, endless scrolling through logs, and the gnawing frustration of an elusive bug. We often view it as a necessary evil, a mundane chore that pulls us away from the “real” work of writing new features.

Maryam NaveedSeptember 16, 2025

Introducing Cronochat: Supercharge Your Slack with Recurring, Scheduled, Broadcast, and Anonymous…

Cronochat is a simple, powerful Slack app.

Tom JoseMarch 22, 2025

Merge Channels in Go(lang)

Recently, I had to deal with receiving several events from Kafka. They were about 6 different types of them, but internally, the ways I…

Dr. Sandeep SadanandanJuly 8, 2019