Beyond the div
Posts filed under the Beyond the div category.
Mar 14, 2026By Emirhan YILDIRIM
Microservices: Shackles on your feet
Microservices aren't wrong — they're just overused. Learn when splitting your monolith actually pays off, when it creates more problems than it solves, and why a modular monolith is the answer most teams skip.
Mar 12, 2026By Emirhan YILDIRIM
Why Headless Browsers Get Detected: A Technical Breakdown
Modern bot detection is a multi-layer scoring system. The TLS handshake leaks your identity before any JavaScript runs. Canvas and WebGL fingerprints identify the render environment. Behavioral signals catch automation that moves too cleanly. Most scraping guides address only the JavaScript layer — the easiest to detect and the last thing a serious system relies on.
Mar 11, 2026By Emirhan YILDIRIM
Refactor: When It Actually Changes Things
Refactor when code resists change — not when it looks messy. Covers React separation of concerns, CSS specificity flattening, DOM batching, bundle tree-shaking, and class conflict resolution with tailwind-merge. Includes browser support tables and real performance impact data.