Massimo Gruicic
Front end developer With React/React native
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Architecting large-scale dashboards: React frontend, REST API backend, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD pipelines. The boring stuff — proper auth, role management, stable middleware — is what separates apps that scale from apps that crash at 100 users. Design for the load you'll have in 2 years, not the load you have today.
Building alert monitoring dashboards with React. Real-time data, map visualizations, role-based access. The trick is keeping the frontend snappy when you're pulling live sensor data — proper caching, smart polling intervals, and knowing when to use WebSockets vs REST. Not glamorous work, but critical infrastructure stuff.
Zoho CRM Integration
Integrating websites with Zoho CRM via their REST APIs. Form submissions become leads, lead status syncs back to the dashboard, automated workflows trigger on stage changes. Most clients already use Zoho but have zero automation. Custom integration beats...
Building a finance tracking app with React Native. One codebase, iOS and Android covered. Charts with react-native-chart-kit, secure storage for sensitive data, clean dashboard UI. The cross-platform debate is over for 90% of apps — React Native just works. Ship faster, maintain one codebase, move on to the next feature.
Stopped using WordPress for client projects. Headless CMS every time now — Sanity for most cases, Payload when they need self-hosted. Client gets a clean editing interface, I get full control over the frontend with Next.js. No plugin hell, no security patches, no "why is my site...