Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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ctop and lazydocker: Docker Monitoring Tools
Forget docker stats. ctop and lazydocker give you real-time container insights with less friction than typing commands.
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AMD Lemonade: Local LLM Serving for AMD GPUs
AMD finally has a fast, open source local LLM server that uses both GPU and NPU. If you've been jealous of Nvidia users, Lemonade is worth your time.
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When to Use Structured Output (JSON Mode) in LLMs
JSON mode forces models to output valid JSON. When it's a lifesaver vs. when it's overkill and makes the model worse.
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Browser GPU Acceleration on Linux in 2026
GPU acceleration in Chrome and Firefox on Linux in 2026 — VA-API, Wayland, WebGPU, and the right flags to make it all actually work.
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dotenv Files: The Mistakes That Leak Secrets
You committed .env.production once. Your database credentials are in git forever. Here's how to use dotenv without shooting yourself.
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Alert Fatigue: Why Your Alerts Are Meaningless
You get 50 alerts a day and ignore all of them. That's not monitoring — that's noise. Here's how to build alerts people actually care about.
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Cloudflare Workers: Edge Without the PhD
Cloudflare Workers run your JS at the edge — no servers, no cold starts, 100k free req/day. Here's what they're actually good for.
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LLM Temperature and top_p Explained Without the Math
Temperature and top_p control randomness in LLMs. No probability theory needed. Just practical intuition and how to tune them.
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TLS 1.3: Modern Encryption Without the Existential Dread
TLS 1.3 explained without the PhD: faster handshakes, better ciphers, and how to actually configure Nginx and Caddy to use it.
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Caddyfile Patterns That Actually Work
A practical cookbook of real-world Caddyfile patterns — reverse proxy, auth, redirects, SPA serving, rate limiting, and more.
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IPFS: Peer-to-Peer File Storage for People Who've Seen Too Many 404s
Learn IPFS distributed storage: content addressing, CIDs, installing the IPFS daemon, pinning files, public gateways, and real use cases for resilient self-hosted file storage.
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Prometheus Scrape Intervals: The Hidden Tradeoff
Shorter intervals = more data. But also more storage, CPU load, and potential instability. Here's the tradeoff you're actually making.
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