A passionate blog post about the power and creative uses of the LD_PRELOAD environment variable in Linux.
An analysis of colocating custom mini-PCs as a cost-effective alternative to traditional cloud hosting, comparing performance and reliability.
Step-by-step guide to mount an Azure Storage File Share to containers in Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) using secrets and deployments.
Guide on querying SQLite databases hosted on Azure File shares from multiple containers in AKS for scalable data processing.
A developer's personal account of learning and troubleshooting Azure DevOps Release Pipelines, focusing on configuration and deployment strategies.
Using R and the yacas library to solve a microeconomics optimization problem: finding the optimal consumption of pizza and yogurt given a budget and utility function.
Livewire feature allows building Laravel apps without traditional controllers, using components and implicit route model binding.
A tutorial on building a responsive iOS movie list app using UICollectionViewFlowLayout, adapting to different screen sizes and layouts.
Introduces PlaNet, a model-based AI agent that learns environment dynamics from pixels and plans actions in latent space for efficient control tasks.
Learn to build a basic chess AI in PHP using algorithms, chess.js for rules, and chessboard.js for visualization.
Explores key serverless design patterns, contrasting traditional best practices with modern event-driven, stateless, and microservice approaches.
Analyzes technical and cost scenarios where serverless computing, particularly AWS Lambda, may not be the optimal architectural choice.
Analyzes serverless vendor lock-in, arguing the real issue is dependency on cloud provider APIs, not function portability, and advises against over-engineering for agnosticism.
Analyzes the debate between using lean single-purpose AWS Lambda functions versus monolithic functions, discussing pros, cons, and best practices.
Final part of a series on AWS serverless pitfalls, covering unexpected behaviors in CloudFront, DynamoDB, Cognito, and AppSync.
Part 6 of a series on AWS serverless mistakes, focusing on security best practices like IAM roles, secret management, and OWASP risks.
Explores common mistakes in AWS serverless communication with external systems like SQL databases, focusing on connection management and solutions.
Part 4 of a series on AWS serverless pitfalls, focusing on cost estimation, billing attacks, and strategies to prevent unexpected expenses.
Part 3 of a series on AWS serverless mistakes, focusing on cold start performance, language choice, and optimization strategies.
Part 2 of a series on AWS serverless architecture mistakes, covering design principles like single-purpose functions and designing for failure.
