Game Log
Blog
Dispatches from the arcade.
Engineering
Why We Ditched the ORM
2026-03-15
Raw SQL gave us 4x throughput and eliminated an entire class of N+1 bugs. Here's what we learned migrating a production codebase.
Release
MantleKit v3.0 Is Here
2026-03-01
Edge-first architecture, zero-config deployments, and a new CLI that respects your time. The biggest release yet.
Opinion
The Case Against Abstractions
2026-02-18
Every layer of abstraction is a layer of indirection. We argue for explicit code that does what it says, nothing more.
Tutorial
Deploy to the Edge in 60 Seconds
2026-02-05
A step-by-step guide to shipping your first MantleKit app to edge functions with zero configuration overhead.