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Jun 15, 20266 min

Building Aura: A Free Discord Music Bot with a Full Web Dashboard

How I went from bot commands to a production stack — Lavalink, session control, OAuth dashboard, and Vercel deploy.

Discord.jsNext.jsArchitecture

May 28, 20265 min

Discord Bot + Web Dashboard: Architecture That Actually Works

Bot ↔ API ↔ dashboard patterns, session ownership, caching, and what to avoid when syncing live state.

REST APIRedisOAuth

May 10, 20264 min

Dark UI + Motion for Developer Portfolios That Convert

Typography, restraint, and interactive demos — what makes a dev portfolio feel premium without overdoing effects.

UI DesignFramer MotionNext.js