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Hwee-Boon Yar

I write, ship and sell software products. Indie. Writing code in Swift, TypeScript and Ruby. Based in Singapore, working remotely. This is my blog.

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Coding Agent Skills vs Slash Commands, MCP, and CLI Tools

How I decide whether a coding-agent workflow belongs in a skill, slash command, MCP server, or plain CLI script.

Vite SPA Static SEO Meta Tags Without SSR

How I handle static SEO meta tags, canonical URLs, Open Graph tags, and prerendered HTML for Vite and Vue SPAs without adding SSR.

Kamal vs Coolify for a Solo SaaS

My practical Kamal vs Coolify comparison for solo SaaS apps: when I prefer one-command deploys, when a dashboard helps, and why I use Kamal with Hetzner.

You Can Publish Without Replit

Replit and browser app builders are fine for sketches. If the app matters, I want source code, a normal repo, terminal agents, and boring deployment.

Stripe Billing Setup for SaaS: The Parts Nobody Tells You

Hetzner vs Vercel: What I Pay to Run My SaaS Apps

My SaaS hosting cost comparison for Hetzner, Vercel, and Render: real numbers from running production apps on Hetzner VPS servers with Kamal and PostgreSQL.

You Do Not Need Firebase and Supabase

Why AGENTS.md Gets So Long

The obvious complaint about AGENTS.md is that it gets too long. I get it. You open a repo, see a few hundred lines of instructions for the coding

My Cloudflare Tunnel Config Is My Local Dev Directory

I saw Greg Raiz's local.vibe post on Hacker News. The problem is familiar: once you have enough local projects, remembering localhost:5173 vs

If You Vibe Code an App for Work, Put the Backend in Charge

Someone on Reddit asked about deploying a custom vibe-coded app for work, installed on a local server. They could not code their way through problems,

Magic Link Sign Up and Login for SaaS

No passwords. No separate registration form. No "confirm your email" step after sign up. The user enters an email address, gets a link, clicks it, and

DevSnoop — Browser Access for Coding Agents

I use coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor — for most of my development. They're good at reading and writing code. They're not good at seeing