Hi, I’m Lax Mariappan.
I am passionate about crafting robust web applications that are easy to use and maintain.
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An Empty Section Is Honest. A Fake One Isn’t.
A missing testimonial is just a gap. A fake one is a lie wearing a nice font. One is incomplete. The other is intentional.
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The Slop Isn’t the Problem. The Silence Is.
AI slop isn’t a taste problem, it’s a distribution problem. Why good developer work gets buried, and where discovery is actually headed.
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Nobody Asks How You Cut the Wood
Manual coding errors are gone. The mistakes just moved upstream. Here’s what web developers should be checking instead.
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Nobody Notices a Good Migration. That’s the Point.
A practical, jargon free guide to migrating WordPress sites without downtime. DNS timing, database syncs, and rollback plans that actually work.
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WordPress Theme Development Had Four Eras. We’re in the Last One.
From Kubrick to agentic workflows, a reflection on how WordPress theme development quietly changed four times, and what’s left for developers to actually own.
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The Shape Underneath
A quiet reflection on reverse engineering, from learning language to AI skills, told in short, easy to read prose.