Writing / 63 entries
A public digital garden — bugs, breakthroughs, and the chaos of building things on the web.
A story about fixing race conditions, avoiding Next.js API rate limits, and building a perfectly synchronized GitHub Actions webhook pipeline.
A step-by-step guide to automate a lean, cross-repository with secure webhook architecture using fine-grained tokens and Python.
Understand binary, signed vs unsigned integers, two's complement, and overflow — then see exactly how Go's int8, int16, int32, and int64 are built on top of it
A student's guide to how Go handles objects, inheritance, and polymorphism differently than Java or C++.
How I built a fully functional, context-aware AI chatbot for my portfolio using only local files and basic math — no vector databases, no external infrastructure.
A deep dive into building a Vanilla JS Chrome extension, resolving scary permission warnings, and creating a distraction-free YouTube experience.
How recurring renewal issues, confusing domain management UX, and rising TLD costs pushed me to rethink my infrastructure setup.
Engineering 'Richard': A Voice-Enabled, High-Availability AI Assistant