Development Journal - 2025-11-21

Overview

Focused day on deployment optimization and infrastructure cleanup, successfully reducing serverless functions to meet Vercel limits while fixing several development and production issues. Major accomplishment was simplifying the architecture by removing external dependencies and ensuring proper production deployment.

Active Projects: 1 Total Commits: 7

Projects

nstcg-org-fork

Commits: 7 | Files Changed: 30

Highlights

Successfully reduced serverless functions from excess to 10 to comply with Vercel Hobby tier limits
Removed external dependency on Notion for feature flags, simplifying architecture
Fixed multiple UI/UX issues including navigation FOUC and API proxy configuration
Re-enabled registration forms and added survey modal functionality
Organized static assets for proper production deployment

Technical Decisions

Chose to remove unused API endpoints rather than upgrade Vercel plan
Replaced Notion-based feature flags with environment variables for simpler configuration
Moved static files to public directory to ensure proper serving in production builds
Updated Vite proxy configuration to match correct development server port

Learning Moments

Discovered Vercel Hobby tier function limits and how to work within constraints
Learned to prevent Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC) by reserving space for dynamic components
Gained experience with Vite proxy configuration for API routing

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