Igor Shtein's notes on backend development, Flutter, DevOps and self-hosting — things I know I'll want to reference later, and you 🧑🔧 may find useful too.
Handling timezones in Flutter and SQLite
| 10 minute readHandling timezoned date time data in SQLite paired with Drift and Flutter when you need more than UTC and local
Read more ⟶x402, a static blog monetization excercise
| 6 minute readNo ads, no 'Buy Me a Coffee': paywalling an API on a static site with the x402 protocol and a Cloudflare Worker. Lets finally put the 402 code to use.
Read more ⟶REST vs gRPC for a public API in 2026
| 8 minute readIs gRPC ready to be used in a public API in 2026? Comparing REST transcoding, gRPC-Web and ConnectRPC for a Flutter app across mobile, desktop and web clients.
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