Notes on web, JS/TS, CI/CD, and experiments.https://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/https://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/graphql-the-enterprise-honeymoon-is-over/https://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/graphql-the-enterprise-honeymoon-is-over/GraphQL solves a real problem, but in many enterprise setups that problem is already handled by BFFs. After years using Apollo in production, I think the tradeoffs often outweigh the win.Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:49:00 GMThttps://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/automating-dependabot-reviews-how-ai-cut-95-percent-of-dependency-research-time/https://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/automating-dependabot-reviews-how-ai-cut-95-percent-of-dependency-research-time/Dependabot PRs are useful, but researching every upgrade across a large monorepo is slow. I wired Copilot CLI into GitHub Actions so AI handles the dependency research and humans make the call.Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:28:00 GMThttps://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/cleaning-house-in-nx-monorepo-how-i-removed-120-unused-deps-safely/https://blog-on-cf.john-usa-james.workers.dev/posts/cleaning-house-in-nx-monorepo-how-i-removed-120-unused-deps-safely/I ran Knip across our Nx repo, took the “unused” list as a hint, deleted candidates, built, tested, booted apps, and put a few back when they were secretly used. Net, about 120 packages gone.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:03:00 GMT