October 19, 2026 · InterstellarBits
Meteor 3.5 made change streams the default observer driver, added DDP session resumption, and raised the MongoDB floor to 6+. What that means for a production app already on 3.1 or 3.2 — including the 3.5.1 fix list to check your code against.
Read moreSeptember 28, 2026 · InterstellarBits
Minimongo and method stubs make a Meteor UI feel instant, and nobody documents it because nobody wrote it. What latency compensation actually does, how it breaks in Meteor 3, and what it costs to rebuild on React Query when you migrate off.
Read moreSeptember 15, 2026 · InterstellarBits
A 90-second rebuild costs more than it looks like it does. How to measure where Meteor's build time actually goes, cut client bundle size with dynamic imports, and think clearly about the newer Vite-based client build before you adopt it.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2026 · InterstellarBits
Most Meteor teams debug production by reading logs and guessing. What to instrument instead — method and publication timing, observer counts, Mongo slow queries — what the async migration does to your stack traces and your APM, and how to get useful traces out of an app that has none.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2026 · InterstellarBits
Hosting posture decides how upgrades, scaling, and incidents feel for the next three years. What a Meteor bundle actually needs at runtime, what Galaxy does for you, what self-hosting costs, and how Meteor 3 changes the trade.
Read moreSeptember 11, 2026 · InterstellarBits
The runtime underneath Meteor ages faster than the app does. A staged plan for Node and MongoDB upgrades: read the version matrix, move the database first, and know what changes when oplog tailing gives way to change streams.
Read moreJune 3, 2026
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.
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