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Web & API Development
Web platform standards, HTTP, REST and API design — the protocols, methods and architecture patterns behind building and modernising production web services.
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Account Aggregator integration in 2026: consent architecture, DPDP overlap and what the SRO changes
India's Account Aggregator network spans 1,120 regulated entities and 450 million fulfilled consents. A technical guide to the consent artefact, ReBIT APIs, FIU eligibility and the DPDP consent manager overlap.
Manu Shukla -
Next.js 16 migration: async request APIs, Cache Components and proxy.ts, with code
Next.js 16 shipped 21 October 2025 and turns Turbopack on by default, deletes synchronous request APIs, and renames middleware. Here is every breaking change that will stop your build, with the codemods that fix them.
Manu Shukla -
WordPress 7.1 ships 19 August 2026: the iframed editor, apiVersion 3, and why most blocks need no changes
WordPress 7.1 is set for 19 August 2026, with the iframed editor planned for block themes first. apiVersion 3 changes no API, and most blocks need no changes. What actually breaks, and how to test.
Manu Shukla -
ACP vs UCP in 2026: one checkout core, two adapters, and why UCP ships first
OpenAI and Stripe's ACP and Google's UCP now overlap enough that one checkout core plus two thin adapters is the sane build. The March 2026 pullback changes which adapter you ship first.
Manu Shukla -
3 ways to expose legacy APIs to AI agents before the 28 July 2026 MCP switch
MCP's 2026-07-28 spec is the largest revision since launch and it breaks things: the initialize handshake and Mcp-Session-Id are gone. Three ways to expose legacy systems to AI agents, and what each actually costs.
Manu Shukla -
12-week SaaS MVP development in India: what a 2026 seed round actually requires
Seed startups in India raised $478 Mn in H1 2026, up 18% YoY, at a $1 Mn median ticket. A 12-week SaaS MVP has to prove more than a demo. The build plan, the stack costs, and the engineering that survives diligence.
Manu Shukla -
Shopify's Hydrogen rebuild in 2026: 6 frameworks, 1 preview, no customer accounts
Shopify rebuilt Hydrogen with Vercel as a toolkit that runs on Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit and three more. It is the biggest headless change since launch, and the reason most D2C brands should not replatform onto it this
Manu Shukla -
UCP vs ACP vs AP2 in 2026: which agentic commerce standard merchants should build on
OpenAI shut Instant Checkout in March 2026, six months after launch, with about a dozen merchants live. Google's UCP kept expanding. Here is how UCP, ACP and AP2 actually stack up, and what to build first.
Manu Shukla -
Idempotency keys in 2026: how to make REST API retries safe
A timed-out POST can charge a customer twice. Idempotency keys make retries safe. This guide covers the Idempotency-Key header, the IETF draft, server implementation, the race-condition trap, storage and TTL rules
Manu Shukla -
Interop 2026: the cross-browser web features developers actually get this year
Interop 2026 commits Apple, Google, Igalia, Microsoft, and Mozilla to 20 focus areas. After the 2025 cycle lifted the cross-browser pass rate from 29% to 97%, here is what front-end teams can finally rely on this year
Manu Shukla -
RFC 9457 problem details: the 2026 standard for HTTP API errors
RFC 9457 is the IETF standard for machine-readable HTTP API errors, and it obsoletes RFC 7807. This guide covers the five fields, the application/problem+json media type, extension members, multiple-problem handling
Manu Shukla -
RFC 10008: HTTP QUERY Method — First New HTTP Method Since 2010
RFC 10008 published June 15, 2026 gives HTTP the QUERY method — safe like GET, body-carrying like POST. First new HTTP method since PATCH in 2010. What it means for APIs.
Aman Mathur