https://josephkhan.me/ Building, breaking, and writing about the web. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:22:05 GMT https://josephkhan.me/readers-dont-care-about-your-build-pipeline/ https://josephkhan.me/readers-dont-care-about-your-build-pipeline/ I spent years writing framework deep-dives that got ignored while a 400-word story about a botched deploy became my most-read piece ever. The data from my own site finally forced me to admit the stack was never the story. Joseph Khan Career Reflections Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:01:22 GMT https://josephkhan.me/six-rebuilds-one-domain-portfolio-mistakes/ https://josephkhan.me/six-rebuilds-one-domain-portfolio-mistakes/ josephkhan.me has gone through more rebuilds than a Detroit assembly line, and each version failed in its own special way. Here's the honest autopsy, version by version, and what actually changed once I started paying attention to how people read. Joseph Khan Side Projects Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:01:22 GMT https://josephkhan.me/friday-deploy-broke-production-lessons/ https://josephkhan.me/friday-deploy-broke-production-lessons/ Four days into my first real dev job, I took down checkout for a company doing serious revenue. Here's what breaking production taught me about testing, owning your mistakes, and why failure stories beat success stories every time. Joseph Khan Career Reflections Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:01:34 GMT https://josephkhan.me/ranking-side-projects-that-made-me-better-developer/ https://josephkhan.me/ranking-side-projects-that-made-me-better-developer/ A URL shortener, a dead SaaS, a Discord bot, and seven others get scored on skills gained versus hours sunk. If you're choosing your next weekend build, this rubric might save you three months of your life. Joseph Khan Side Projects Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:01:34 GMT