Tutorials
Idempotency Design in Distributed Systems: A Modern Approach
How I design idempotency keys and database strategies to resolve the 'did it go through?' chaos following API request timeouts.
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Technology
Application Log Levels: When to Use DEBUG and INFO?
The correct use of DEBUG and INFO log levels plays a critical role in debugging and optimizing system performance during application development. In this post.
Technology
MDX Layout Best Practices: Import Order and Component Placement
My experiences organizing MDX layouts on my own blog, and my strategies for optimizing import order and component placement for maximum efficiency...
Technology
Self-hosted GitHub Actions Runner: Balancing Cost and Control
I examine the advantages and disadvantages of running your GitHub Actions runners on your own servers, focusing on cost, performance, and control.
Technology
API Versioning: Current Approaches and Choices in the Ecosystem
I share API versioning strategies, the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, and practical experiences gained in my own projects.
Technology
API Versioning Strategies: On REST and GraphQL Differences…
I examine versioning approaches in REST and GraphQL APIs with concrete examples from my experience and a comparative analysis.
Life
Kernel CVE Response: The Unexpected Bill of Delaying
We examine why delaying responses to kernel security vulnerabilities can be costly with concrete examples. Read to understand the price of procrastination.
Life
Product Tree Denormalization and the Anatomy of Technical Debt
I share my experience with product tree issues in a manufacturing ERP, the reasons for denormalization, and how technical debt accumulates.
Life
CI/CD Times and Our Daily Lives: Local vs Shared Build Cache
I examine the effects of build cache mechanisms on CI/CD times and, consequently, our daily workflow, looking at the differences between local and shared.
Tutorials
Build Cache Management in CI/CD: 3 Practical Strategies
Effective build cache management strategies to shorten build times in your CI/CD pipelines. Sharing my experiences.
Tutorials
Offline-First Synchronization Strategies in Mobile Applications
In-depth strategies and practical approaches for data synchronization, offline operation, and performance optimization in your mobile applications.
Tutorials
Build Cache Management in CI/CD: 3 Practical Approaches
Learn the importance of build cache management and 3 effective methods to shorten build times in your CI/CD pipelines. Reduce costs, improve developer...
Career
Blue/Green vs. Rolling Deploy: Risk and Cost Analysis
A deep dive into the risks, costs, and practical applications of Blue/Green and Rolling deployment strategies in software delivery.
Life
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An Engineer's Sustainability Ledger: Why I Run on Less
One VPS, fewer watts, less carbon. A 20-year engineer's pragmatic manifesto on why running lean isn't a green sticker — it's an architectural ethic.
Career
Security Patching on My Own VPS: Hours Stolen from a Client Project
I explain step-by-step a security vulnerability encountered during a client project and how I patched it on my own VPS. Lessons from field experience.
Technology
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The Silent Death of the System: OOM Killer and My VPS Journey
A detailed look at the Out-of-Memory (OOM) Killer incidents I experienced on my VPS, the intricacies of system memory management, and the silent deaths caused.
Technology
Data Integrity in AI-Powered Content Pipelines: Practical Approaches
Ensuring data integrity in AI-powered content pipelines is critical. I'll share practical approaches, from ingestion to output, for issues I've encountered in.
Life
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Swap Fire on My VPS: A Nightmare That Started with a Kernel CVE Patch
I detail the process that began with my VPS's swap usage suddenly spiking and the system crashing, including the kernel CVE patch and the steps I took to.
Life
The Mysterious Quirk of the AI Pipeline: Sunday Morning Debugging
I'm sharing how I step-by-step resolved an unexpected error I encountered in an AI pipeline on a Sunday morning, and the lessons I learned from the process.
Life
The Idempotency Nightmare in AI Pipelines: Data Loss and Recovery
I delve deep into the idempotency issues I encountered in an AI-powered pipeline, the resulting data loss, and my solution process. Real-world experiences and.
Life
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Side Project Graveyard: When Should You Pull the Plug?
My guide to pruning dead projects that have been accumulating for years, consuming RAM on servers, and generating domain renewal bills.
Life
AI's Silent Mistakes: Hours Lost in My Side Project
I'm sharing my experiences with hidden mistakes in AI projects that unknowingly consume time and resources, based on my own side project.
Tutorials
Retries and Idempotency in AI Pipelines: A Guide to Error Handling
I explain how I design and implement retry and idempotency mechanisms to effectively manage errors encountered in AI pipelines.
Tutorials
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Swap Fire: My Kubernetes Experiment on a 7.6 GB VPS
A pragmatic analysis of swap memory issues and their solutions encountered while experimenting with Kubernetes on a small VPS.