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All of the changes I've made to my tech stack in 2025
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I may have just broken standup (using n8n)
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Solving the one thing that keeps me up at night (in software dev)
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10 useful CLI apps I'm guessing you've not heard of
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Why I'm no longer using Stripe
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Coolify vs Dokploy: Why I decided to use one over the other
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I finally found my favorite laptop backpack
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json/v2 is fixing many of Go's JSON quirks
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10 CLI apps that have actually improved the way I work in the terminal
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Better Auth is so good that I **almost** switched programming languages
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Dokploy is my absolute favorite way to deploy to a VPS in 2025
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I tried vibe coding for 30 days. Here's what I learnt...
and it's definitely changed my opinion on using A.I. Links:- Claude Code: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code Agent Half Life: https://cognaptus.com/blog/2025-05-11-halflife-crisis-why-ai-agents...
Securing a VPS using the "Belt and Braces" approach (ft Tailscale)
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This is perhaps my favorite use of A.I. so far. (MCP)
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Everything that I like, dislike, and plan to change in my tech stack.
This tech stack has been really fun to learn, but it certainly hasn't been without it's challenges, and having built a full application with it now, I know what I plan to change! Get early bird ac...
I honestly thought it was over for Redis...
Turns out, it might not be over just yet... Links: Redis Open Source Announcement: https://redis.io/blog/agplv3/ Antirez Returns: https://redis.io/blog/welcome-back-to-redis-antirez/ Redis Github:...
There's more than one way to scale Redis/Valkey to 1M op/s...
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It's time for a change
And it's one I think I'm going to be happy with. Framework 13: https://frame.work/laptop13 My recent inspiration:- Marko: @withmarko Life of Riza: @LifeOfRiza Matthew Encina: @MatthewEncina G...
Rolling my own auth ended up being a mistake...
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Alpine.js makes client side interactivity stupidly simple
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What I've been up to recently...
And, I've been having a lot of fun doing it. Core vs context is an interesting topic. Whilst I probably agree that it's a better use of time from a business point of view to focus on the core, rat...