Field notes from working on production Meteor apps.
August 5, 2026
The keep-or-migrate question is strategic, not sentimental. A concrete assessment framework — platform viability on one axis, product trajectory on the other — with the audit checklist we use.
Read moreJuly 16, 2026
When leaving Meteor is the right call, leave route by route: shared MongoDB data layer, one proxy in front, an auth bridge planned early, and a kill switch per route.
Read moreJune 24, 2026
Old packages are not all liabilities — but the blocking ones gate your upgrades. A triage model and a five-step replacement hierarchy, from adopting a fork to rebuilding.
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Most slow Meteor apps are slow in their publications, not their framework. How observers and the merge box cost you, how to measure it, and which fixes pay best.
Read moreMay 12, 2026
Meteor 3 removed Fibers, and every sync server call with them. A field plan for the async conversion: census first, convert on Meteor 2, let linters carry the load.
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