Hi, I’m Lax Mariappan.
I am passionate about crafting robust web applications that are easy to use and maintain.
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The Moat Has Moved
AI made explanation free and available to everyone. But comprehension? That still takes real work. And now it matters more than ever.
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The Best UX Decision We Made Was Removing Options
We wanted to build a feature-rich WordPress image CDN plugin. Our manager said two toggles. He was right. Here’s what that taught us about good UX.
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A List Is a Wish. A Schedule Is a Commitment.
You have a list. You don’t have a schedule. These are not the same thing. A list is everything you want to do someday. It grows. It never shrinks on its own. It feels productive to maintain, but it asks nothing of you. A schedule is different. A schedule says: this thing happens at this…
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Lax Abilities Toolkit: Publishing a Post Should Take One Sentence
Publishing a blog post takes five steps. Open the dashboard. Paste content. Assign categories. Set a status. Hit publish. It should take one sentence. That is the idea behind Lax Abilities Toolkit. What it is Lax Abilities Toolkit is a WordPress plugin that connects your site to any MCP-compatible AI client. Posts, pages, categories, tags,…
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The one Seth Godin principle that changed how I write about code
One Seth Godin idea quietly changed how I write about code. Not the fancy stuff. The smallest, most overlooked idea in his entire body of work.
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You’ve Been A/B Testing Longer Than You Think
Most developers think A/B testing is a marketing thing. Button color. Headline copy. CTA placement. That kind of stuff. And they’re right. That’s where it started. But somewhere along the way, the marketing folks quietly expanded it into something much bigger. And developers, who are perfectly equipped to run the same playbook, never noticed. Here’s…