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Holy smokes, have you guys heard the news? The Tor Project, the absolute backbone of online anonymity for millions, is making a monumental move: they’re switching to Rust! This isn’t just some minor refactor; it’s a fundamental architectural shift that has been buzzing on Hacker …
Read more →The discourse surrounding “codebase quality” often evokes nebulous definitions, varying significantly across domains. However, in the realm of production machine learning systems, where models directly impact business outcomes and user experiences, the pursuit of an empirically …
Read more →From years of professional experience in this field, after 11 years managing IT infrastructure for remote teams across three continents, I’ve troubleshot hundreds of laptop battery issues. The encouraging reality? Most rapid battery drain problems stem from software settings or background …
Read more →With 12+ years specializing in database systems and backend engineering, when I built my first production API in 2014, I didn’t implement rate limiting. Within two weeks, a poorly written client script made 47 million requests in a single day, crashing our database and costing us $8,000 in …
Read more →From years of professional experience in this field, in my 15 years building and maintaining computers for both consumers and enterprise clients, overheating is the most common hardware problem I see—and ironically, it’s one of the easiest to prevent and fix. Last month alone, I saved three …
Read more →From years of professional experience in this field, in my 10 years supporting enterprise IT environments with over 5,000 devices, Bluetooth problems account for approximately 15% of helpdesk tickets. The frustrating truth? About 85% of these issues have simple solutions that take under 10 minutes …
Read more →Drawing on over 15 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud architecture, small businesses today face mounting concerns about their dependence on Big Tech platforms. Rising subscription costs, unpredictable policy changes, data privacy concerns, and vendor lock-in create real risks for …
Read more →Drawing on over 15 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud architecture, as systems architects, we often find ourselves pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with virtualization and emulation. While hardware-accelerated virtualization like KVM gets a lot of attention, …
Read more →After a decade of full-stack development across various industries, i learned the importance of backups the hard way in 2012 when my laptop’s hard drive died with three years of family photos and my graduate thesis. I lost everything—a mistake that cost me hundreds of hours trying to recover …
Read more →Drawing on over 15 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud architecture, the recent buzz on Hacker News about “Horses: AI progress is steady. Human equivalence is sudden” has rightly captured the attention of systems architects and developers like us. It’s a compelling …
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