The Illusion of Computing and the Philosophy of Systems Engineering In modern backend engineering, there is a pervasive tendency to hide complexity behind elegant abstractions. We deploy applicati...
The “Skynet” Gateway: Tunneling into Proxmox with Tailscale Subnet Routing Today, we are looking at a beautiful piece of networking architecture. We have a Proxmox host—let’s call it Skynet—and we...
The Cost of Abstraction: Why Your Homelab Performance Dies at the Kernel So, you’ve got some old hardware—maybe an old ThinkPad or a retired desktop—and you want to host a development environment ...
The Engineering Behind Clawdbot: A Deep Dive into Local-First AI Orchestration So, I was looking at this project, Clawdbot (or OpenClaw, as it’s being rebranded). This is fascinating. Most people ...
LinkedIn’s Fingerprinting So, I saw this on Hacker News the other day and I had to talk about it. LinkedIn is scanning your browser for nearly 3,000 specific extensions. People are noticing thei...
Apache Kafka Part 1 Kafka in 100 Seconds too fast too much data let’s slow down the pace a little and let’s understand apache kafka Key Components in Architecture Brokers: Kafka brokers ...
The 2026 Rating Standard: Beyond the Basics Traditional reviews are outdated. In 2026, a “good” venue isn’t just about food or decor; it’s about seamless integration into a digital and inclusive...
Introduction In the world of software development, managing dependencies is one of the most critical tasks. A single version mismatch can lead to “dependency hell,” where your code works on your m...
The Shift in How We Consume Information The landscape of learning and information consumption has fundamentally transformed. The days when developers would sit through 200-video YouTube tutorial s...
TL;DR – Best File System Choices by Use Case HDD for macOS: Use Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (HFS+ Journaled). SSD for macOS/iOS: Use APFS (Apple File System), especially for SSDs and modern m...