DFadler.com Blog and portfolio of Dustin Fadler, a full stack engineer based out of Saint Louis Missouri https://dfadler.com The PayloadCMS generated file that drifted Using Github actions to prevent PayloadCMS generated file conflicts Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:59:24 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/the-payloadcms-generated-file-that-drifted/ https://dfadler.com/blog/the-payloadcms-generated-file-that-drifted/ Pulling Production PostgreSQL Data Into Local Dev, Safely How to sync your local PostgreSQL PayloadCMS database with your Neon production database Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:52:29 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/pulling-production-data-into-local-dev-safely/ https://dfadler.com/blog/pulling-production-data-into-local-dev-safely/ Making Code Blocks Look Like Code How to add server side syntax highlighting to a PayloadCMS post Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:05:22 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/making-code-blocks-look-like-code/ https://dfadler.com/blog/making-code-blocks-look-like-code/ How This Blog's Content Model Actually Works The initial code for this blog Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:25:12 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/how-this-blogs-content-model-actually-works/ https://dfadler.com/blog/how-this-blogs-content-model-actually-works/ What a Documentation Fix Taught Me About Working With an AI Coding Sandbox Gotchas from the Claude Sandbox Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:32:55 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/what-a-documentation-fix-taught-me-about-working-with-an-ai-coding-sandbox/ https://dfadler.com/blog/what-a-documentation-fix-taught-me-about-working-with-an-ai-coding-sandbox/ Deploying vs. Operating: What Broke After the Site Went Live Issues I faced when deploying a Nextjs/PayloadCMS application to Vercel Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:52 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/deploying-vs-operating-what-broke-after-the-site-went-live/ https://dfadler.com/blog/deploying-vs-operating-what-broke-after-the-site-went-live/ What Actually Happened Deploying This Site What happened while deploying a PayloadCMS site Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:54:43 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/what-actually-happened-deploying-this-site/ https://dfadler.com/blog/what-actually-happened-deploying-this-site/ Planning the Move to Production My plan for deploying this PayloadCMS site Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:53:18 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/planning-the-move-to-production/ https://dfadler.com/blog/planning-the-move-to-production/ Starting Full-Stack From What I Already Know Starting my journey back to full stack from front end only Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:26:55 GMT https://dfadler.com/blog/starting-full-stack-from-what-i-already-know/ https://dfadler.com/blog/starting-full-stack-from-what-i-already-know/