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 Restaurant That Taught Me Everything About Diversification
A 35-year-old restaurant runs a clinic, pharmacy, and bakeshop on the side. What developers can learn about diversification from this quiet, trust-first move.
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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.