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Practical notes about software engineering, security, systems, and the decisions behind production-ready digital products.
August 22, 2026
Artificial intelligence is becoming more than a tool. As its ability to learn, plan, and act improves, we must ask what that means for work, expertise, and humanity’s place in the world.
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March 6, 2026
Docker containers feel like lightweight virtual machines, but they are built on a different idea. Understanding the process, image, and kernel model reveals what Docker is actually doing.
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March 3, 2026
Even when the data is already in RAM, a database can become overloaded by coordination work. This part explains how shared buffer metadata and latch contention affect a hot read path.
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If both Redis and PostgreSQL serve data from memory, why can Redis still behave differently under heavy load? The answer is not only where the data lives, but how much work each system performs.
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Database caches are useful, but they do not remove the work of a full database. This article explains why Redis is valuable for extremely hot data paths.
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January 2026
Tailwind CSS is more popular than ever, yet reports suggest its business has come under pressure. This article explores how AI may be changing the economics of documentation-driven open-source tools.
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December 11, 2025
A practical explanation of the recent React Server Components vulnerabilities, why they appeared close together, and what React and Next.js developers should do now.
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