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Notes from the field on AI, infrastructure, and the kind of engineering work that ships. Written for the people who have to make it run on Monday.

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Apr 4, 202617 min read

Next.js 16 + Tailwind CSS v4 Migration Guide: What Actually Broke

A real migration story from Next.js 15.1 with Tailwind v3.4 to Next.js 16 with Tailwind v4. Covers the CSS-first config system, OKLCH color conversion, Turbopack landmines, and every class name that changed.

Tyler McDanielAI Engineer & IBM Business Partner

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#nextjs#tailwind#react#migration

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Mar 17, 202615 min read

Building a Design Token System That Scales

A three-tier token architecture (primitive, semantic, component) with CSS custom properties, Style Dictionary transforms, Tailwind v4 integration, and dark mode that's a token swap instead of a stylesheet rewrite.

Tyler McDanielAI Engineer & IBM Business Partner

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#design-systems#css#tokens#tailwind

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Jan 27, 202613 min read

CSS Architecture Beyond Utility Classes

What Tailwind doesn't cover: cascade layers for specificity control, CSS Modules for complex components, vanilla-extract for type-safe theming, and the architectural patterns that make them all work together in production.

Tyler McDanielAI Engineer & IBM Business Partner

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#css#architecture#tailwind#design-systems