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After Generation: Where the Product Lives

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0330

Cheap generation gets you a demo. Pick the easy host to build on — a platform your users already use, a small box you run, or a runtime you rent.

Angular Router Resources: Route Data on the Same Graph as the Screen

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:40:00 +0330

Router Resources (Angular 22.2, developer preview) load independent route data as a parallel resource graph. Blocking routes hand over finished values; non-blocking routes hand over Resource inputs the template can render.

Obsidian on a Git Research Vault

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0330

Open the research repo as an Obsidian vault if you want links and a graph. Git still holds the Markdown. If a note matters, it must still read in a terminal, an editor, and a diff.

Essential Skills When Generation Is Cheap

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:40:00 +0330

The skill list did not get a new bubble called AI. The senior job changed: you own output you did not type, you review at a higher altitude, and you decide where generation does not belong.

Linux VXLAN and Why CNI Exists

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0330

Ethernet does not stretch across hosts by itself. VXLAN is one overlay; CNI is the contract that plugs a pod into whatever network the cluster actually uses.

I Interview Frontend Hires for Other Companies

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0330

How I interview frontend candidates for a team that is not mine — intake with their lead, choosing the real level, and why I now weigh architecture, ownership, and AI judgment over syntax recall.

Linux Network Namespaces and Virtual Links

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0330

Isolate network stacks with netns, connect them with veth, and choose bridge vs macvlan vs ipvlan — the kernel primitives containers reuse.

Linux as a Router: Forwarding, Policy Routing, and nftables

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0330

Linux leaves the bridge domain: IP forwarding, policy routing for two uplinks, and nftables input vs forward.

One AI Chat Is Not a Research Workspace

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:25:01 +0330

Long-form research does not fit in one ChatGPT conversation. A Git repo of messy Markdown — inbox, concepts, counterarguments — lets ideas stay contradictory until you are ready to write.

The HDMI Port Was Keeping NVIDIA Awake

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:10:00 +0330

On an Intel + NVIDIA hybrid laptop, native HDMI can keep the dGPU in the display path. That explains the fan noise — and may be a contributor to Chrome and Cursor freezes on this stack.

Have Influence Without Becoming the Backdoor

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0330

Cross-team trust is a career asset. Unofficial ownership is a career trap. How a senior brings feedback, protects UX, and stays on the team's side of the board.

Channel the Scout, Keep the Seat

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0330

Do not punish cross-team friendliness. Give the scout an official boundary: shared intake, no silent commitments, and polish on a budget.

When the Best Communicator Becomes the Backdoor

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0330

On a small development team, the senior who talks to other teams may be the most valuable person in the room—until influence becomes unofficial ownership.

The Frontend Is a Privileged System Now

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:50:00 +0330

The browser is untrusted, but the system that builds and delivers the frontend is not. Install hooks, CI identities, and release credentials make frontend delivery a production trust boundary.

The AUR Is Frozen: Inside Arch's Third Supply-Chain Attack Wave

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0330

Arch Linux froze all AUR writes after a third supply-chain attack wave, then restored pushes and adoption on August 11 with review gates. Timeline, how Atomic Arch worked, and what to do on Manjaro and other Arch-derived distros.

Marilyn Manson – Front Toward Enemy

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:42:00 +0330

“Get up and fight! Get up and fight!”

Marilyn Manson is back?

A Maintainable Command-Line Workspace on Linux

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:22:00 +0330

Build a reproducible Linux command-line workspace with portable dotfiles, terminal, shell, multiplexer, SSH, and editor layers that remain maintainable across machines.

Modern Auth Patterns for Angular Frontends (Beyond “Just Add JWT”)

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:40:00 +0330

Stop storing JWTs in localStorage. Use OIDC with a BFF or reverse proxy, short-lived server-side tokens, HttpOnly cookies, and Angular interceptors and guards that do not pretend to be your security boundary.

Why Client-Side Frameworks Need Security Updates

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:41:00 +0330

Browser frameworks still own sanitization, request protection, and SSR isolation. Three recent Angular CVEs show why framework patches are part of every client-side app’s security boundary.

Securing Angular PWAs in 2026

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:42:00 +0330

Security for Angular Progressive Web Apps: HTTPS and service worker scope, cache strategies that do not leak auth-dependent data, and offline sessions without raising XSS or CSRF risk.