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Mara Lindqvist

Mara Lindqvist writes about the boring half of building software: the deploy you can sleep through, the dependency upgrade that didn't break anything, the framework you can still read in two years.

SaaS stacks

Refine v5 review (June 2026): hands-on with the open-source React admin starter for Next.js

ShipGarden's hands-on June 2026 review of Refine v5 (@refinedev/core@5.0.12) as the open-source React framework for an admin or internal-tool starter. Five deploy paths, real per-month costs, an honest react-admin / Appsmith / ToolJet comparison, and the v4-to-v5 migration story you should plan for.

June 30, 202612 min read25

AI app stacks

CopilotKit review: the open-source agent UI for Next.js (2026)

ShipGarden's hands-on review of CopilotKit as a Next.js agent UI in June 2026. The setup walkthrough, the four comparison axes, three deploy paths, and where it loses to Vercel ai-chatbot and Mastra.

June 26, 202610 min read27