Wade Thomas

This is a Big Cats blog demonstrating a clean, modern design. It comes with full search capabilities, filtering through different categories, breadcrumbs to aid in navigation, and a simple but effective layout.

This blog can be scaled up for a more complex project with ease, and...

Cut Your SaaS Bill with a Self-Hosted Setup

A lot of small businesses are paying $300-500/month across multiple SaaS tools — a CMS here, an auth provider there, a managed database on top — without realising there's a leaner alternative.

Here's what's possible with a self-hosted...

One File to Rule Your Directus Integration

When connecting TanStack Start to Directus, I keep all SDK calls in a single directus.ts file. Here's what that looks like in practice.

Setting up the client

The client is initialized once with session-based authentication and REST...

Rendering Rich Text Safely from Directus in Tanstack Start

If you're using Directus as your headless CMS, the WYSIWYG editor outputs raw HTML — and you need a safe, styled way to render it on the frontend without reaching for dangerouslySetInnerHTML.

Here's the stack I use:

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