React Native One Codebase: 60% Shared, Would Not Repeat
One React Native codebase served Android, iOS and web at about 60% shared code. Here is the split, the pinned versions, the release flow, and why I would not choose it again.
#CI/CD
CI/CD from real pipelines: a Payload migrate step that hung, Docker's layer cache serving a stale page, AGENTS.md team rules and one React Native codebase.
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The Payload Migrate Hang: a Flag That Did Nothing
payload migrate hangs in CI when a dev-mode marker row waits on a y/N prompt no runner can answer. The documented flag does not reach that command. Deleting one row does.
Self-Hosting Next.js and Payload on One VPS: What Broke
How one VPS runs Next.js and Payload behind Cloudflare and nginx: the request path, why the build needs a self-hosted runner, migrations on deploy, scheduled publishing, and what is not covered.
AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md: Read by Five Tools, Enforced by None
A shared AGENTS.md file gets five AI coding tools reading the same rules. It does not make them follow the rules: that still needs review guidelines and a CI gate that actually checks.
Green Deploy, Stale Page: Docker's Layer Cache, Not Next.js
A Next.js deploy passed build, migrate, health check and smoke test, yet the live site kept serving the old content. The cause was Docker's layer cache.