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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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GPU Memory Math: Will This Model Actually Fit?
Before you download a 70B model, calculate if it fits. The formulas, the gotchas, and a quick calculator you can actually use.
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Obsidian LiveSync: Self-Hosted Sync Without Paying for the Privilege
Obsidian Sync costs $10 a month to move Markdown files you already own. Set up the free alternative instead: LiveSync, CouchDB, and Docker, encryption included.
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Semantic Versioning: The Part Everyone Gets Wrong
Semantic versioning promises v1.1.0 is safe and v2.0.0 breaks things. What MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH guarantees, where maintainers cheat, and how to pin deps.
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Let's Encrypt Without Certbot
Certbot isn't the only ACME client. Explore Caddy, acme.sh, lego, and Step CA, with practical examples for wildcard certs and DNS-01 challenges.
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Grafana Dashboard Variables: One Dashboard for All
Build one Grafana dashboard that adapts to any host or environment using variables, query, custom, constant, and multi-select types with real examples.
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Shell Setup in 2026: Starship, Plugins, Fish
Oh My Zsh had its moment. Here's the 2026 shell setup: Starship prompt, three killer plugins, and when to consider Fish or Nushell.
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