My Old Laptop Became a Daily Driver Again
After years on the sidelines, my 2018 laptop is back in daily use. A hardware cleanup, fresh thermal paste, and Omarchy gave it another life.
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Notes on shipping software, terminal workflows, and the tools I keep coming back to.
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If I Had Subscribed Sooner: My Password Manager Problem
I stayed on a free password manager for as long as I could. Then the small inconveniences became a daily tax.
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Set Up i18n on Day One, Even If You Only Have One Language
A year into our Bahasa Indonesia pilot, we had to add English to a growing Vue 2 and Express app. The experience taught me that i18n is not a feature you bolt on later. It is plumbing.
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The Right Tool for the Job: Fixing a Slow PHP Queue With a Small Go Program
A friend's PHP queue was crawling because PHP runs single-threaded. A small Go program to fan the work out cut the job down to 3 minutes. Here's what that taught me about picking tools.
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One VPS, One Dashboard: Consolidating a Friend's Almost 50 WordPress Sites
A friend was burning out maintaining ~50 client WordPress sites scattered across different hosts. Here's how we talked through consolidating them onto one VPS with a community panel and a Python worker that watches for compromised plugins and themes.
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How I Stay Productive While I Sleep
How I use sleep, nightly handoffs, and overnight automation to keep work moving without burning myself out.