sarahub — notes, projects, thoughtsDesign, development and the infrastructure underneath. Notes, projects and thoughts.https://sarahub.com/It is never the plugin everyone blameshttps://sarahub.com/notes/not-the-plugin/https://sarahub.com/notes/not-the-plugin/The thing that broke and the thing that changed are rarely the same thing.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe model is fast, fluent and sure, and that is the problemhttps://sarahub.com/notes/ai-confident-wrong/https://sarahub.com/notes/ai-confident-wrong/It is excellent at the shape of an answer and indifferent to whether it is true.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTCaching is not a performance strategyhttps://sarahub.com/notes/cache-first/https://sarahub.com/notes/cache-first/A cache in front of a slow site is a slow site with better luck.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTYour staging site is lying to youhttps://sarahub.com/notes/staging-lies/https://sarahub.com/notes/staging-lies/Different data, different traffic, different server. Same name.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTNobody reads the backup logs until they need themhttps://sarahub.com/notes/backups-nobody-reads/https://sarahub.com/notes/backups-nobody-reads/An untested backup is a feeling, not a file.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTStores break on the busy day, for dull reasonshttps://sarahub.com/notes/checkout-friday/https://sarahub.com/notes/checkout-friday/Traffic does not break stores. Traffic plus one unindexed table does.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to inherit somebody else's sitehttps://sarahub.com/notes/inherit-well/https://sarahub.com/notes/inherit-well/Change nothing for the first hour. Write down everything instead.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesign gets better when you have to run ithttps://sarahub.com/notes/design-and-run-it/https://sarahub.com/notes/design-and-run-it/Nothing improves your layout instincts like being on call for it.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat pole training taught me about debugginghttps://sarahub.com/notes/pole-debugging/https://sarahub.com/notes/pole-debugging/One variable at a time, or you learn nothing.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTStrength is boring, which is why it workshttps://sarahub.com/notes/strength-is-boring/https://sarahub.com/notes/strength-is-boring/Nobody gets stronger on the days that feel impressive.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMy attention is the only tool I ownhttps://sarahub.com/notes/attention-is-the-job/https://sarahub.com/notes/attention-is-the-job/Everything else on my desk can be replaced by Tuesday.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn being visibly a beginnerhttps://sarahub.com/notes/fear-of-being-seen/https://sarahub.com/notes/fear-of-being-seen/Both the studio and the terminal punish pretending.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe maintenance nobody claps forhttps://sarahub.com/notes/small-consistent-things/https://sarahub.com/notes/small-consistent-things/Backups, stretching, reading. Same category.Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT