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01 · Web & Performance
The Internet we lost
From dial-up modems to AI slop. How the internet grew up and lost its soul.
Jun 18 2026 12 min read
02 · Behind the scenes
Built by hand
Why I lend the AI my words, but not my thoughts
Jun 03, 2026 10 min read
03 · Security & Infrastructure
Safety First. Or Maybe After?
SSH Timeouts, Thousands of Bot Login Attempts, and a Forgotten Mail Server: An Honest Audit of My Server Security
May 24, 2026 9 min read
04 · Web & Performance
The Hunt for the Perfect Score
How I tuned my website to 100 percent and what I learned along the way about WebP, lazy loading, JavaScript bloat, and developer discipline.
May 15, 2026 8 min read
05 · Web & Performance
Dating the Crawler
An honest reckoning with SEO, keywords, and the absurd theatre of search engine optimization.
May 06, 2026 15 min read
06 · Industry & Career
The Illusion of Replaceability
Why AI is not the end of software development.
Apr 27, 2026 13 min read