13 posts
A two-minute production experiment ruled out 31 detection rules as the cause of a CPU saturation, without redeploying or shipping new code. The pattern is one CLI flag per expensive subsystem. This post is about the discipline that pays for itself the first time you need to bisect under fire.
Six lessons from one saturation incident, all about how to keep agent velocity without paying for it in production fires.
A clean install recipe for WhisperWriter on Windows 11
How to use Google NotebookLM effectively for studying technical material — audio overviews, focus prompts, source management, and proven workflows from education researchers and power users.
A practical guide to PlantUML, D2, and Excalidraw — when each tool beats Mermaid, how to control layouts, and how to embed diagrams in your blog with dark/light theme support.
How to use draw.io MCP and mcp-mermaid to generate architecture diagrams, flowcharts, and sequence diagrams from natural language prompts — and embed them directly in your blog or documentation.
How to handle snippet extraction pitfalls, integrate Mermaid and Draw.io diagrams, and build a CI pipeline for technical books with infrastructure-dependent code examples.
A practitioner comparison of Quarto, Jupyter Book, Pandoc, Typst, and publisher toolchains for writing technical books with testable code examples and multi-format output.
How to replace Word and Google Docs with a Typst source file that compiles to a professional PDF, auto-built by GitHub Actions with git SHA and date stamped on every page.
How I protect 15+ projects across Python, JavaScript, and Rust from supply chain attacks using a three-layer defence: registry-level delays, automated PR scheduling, and lockfile discipline.
Convention-driven PRD-to-HLD-to-LLD pipelines and why schema-gen should be your first commit.
Start from a single business SLA — data freshness under 60 seconds — and trace backwards through dependency trees, metadata layers, known-error memory, and automated fixes to build an AI-operated production platform.
Uptime tools tell you a service is running. Gatus tells you the data pipeline is actually working. How I use 73 custom health checks to monitor infrastructure, data freshness, and pipeline completeness.