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The Architecture Decisions That Actually Mattered: Building a Production-Ready Multi-Service Backend

What most system design articles skip is the part where you explain why the boring choice was the right one I built a platform that runs social media giveaway events, a gift card marketplace, and telecom gift vending — all in one system, all sharing the same PostgreSQL database and Redis instance, all running in production on infrastructure that costs €27 a month. This article is not about the product. It is about the seven architectural decisions I made while building the backend, why I ma

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Frontier Logic at Local Speed: The 2026 Strix Halo Ultimate Benchmark Suite

The era of choosing between "Small & Fast" or "Large & Slow" for local AI is ending. With the release of the Qwen 3.6 family and architectural breakthroughs in inference engines, we can now run frontier-class reasoning on personal hardware at human-reading speeds. In this technical audit, we benchmark the AMD Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S) using a custom-tuned llama.cpp stack to identify the optimal configuration for sovereign intelligence. Our test host ("Stark") utilizes the Strix Halo architecture

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Why I Stopped Letting AI Write My Code (May 2026)

This article shares why a web engineer holding a Claude Code Max 20x plan has mostly stopped using AI for coding at work. It's not about abandoning AI — it's about narrowing down where I let AI take over. Looking back honestly, I was acquiring knowledge faster before I delegated most coding to AI. Once I drastically cut down on writing code by hand, I quietly gave up a side benefit: the investment in growth that came along for the ride with the act of writing. In learning theory terms: output (w

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Building a PySpark and AWS Glue ETL Pipeline for Search Keyword Revenue Analysis

I published a public data engineering project that demonstrates a cloud-based ETL pipeline for analyzing web analytics search keyword revenue. The project uses PySpark, AWS Glue, Amazon S3, and Terraform to process hit-level web analytics data, extract external search engine domains and keywords, parse revenue, and generate a sorted reporting output. Key concepts covered: Batch ETL pipeline design This is a generic open-source portfolio project and does not include proprietary or company-provide

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The Architectural Core of Autonomous AI: A Technical Exploration of "config.yaml" in Hermes Agent.

This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge Imagine you are building a super-smart robot helper named Hermes. But a robot that powerful needs a brain, a set of rules, and a map so it doesn't get lost or break your computer. That is exactly what a file called config.yaml is. Think of it as the Master Instruction Manual that you write for your robot. Grab a snack, get comfortable, and let's take a deep dive into how this magic file works! The Secret Lab vs. The Rule Book When working with

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Try the Tech Radar #3 — JSON Schema LLM Prompt, Visualised

Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol 34 (April 2026) puts Structured output from LLMs in the Adopt ring. That's the "industry should be doing this" tier — not "evaluate," not "trial." This post is a 500-line vanilla JS tool that makes the technique concrete: paste a JSON Schema, see the natural-language prompt fragment an LLM consumes, see the synthesised example output, and validate whatever the model returns against the original schema. No LLM API calls, no build step. 🌐 Demo: https://sen.ltd/po

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The QD-OLED gaming monitor that started it all got a big upgrade

The AW3426DW familiar specs, updated design language, and a bunch of QD-OLED enhancements. | Image: Alienware Alienware is taking to this year's Computex 2026 in Taipei to announce some cool gaming monitors, most notably two exciting OLED options that are coming at different points this year. First off, the company is debuting the successor to its very first QD-OLED gaming monitor from 2022 with a refreshed design and high-end specs that's coming in July (price hasn't yet been shared). The AW3

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Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599

Dell is aiming for students like Apple did with the MacBook Neo. | Image: Dell Dell is making good on its tease from CES and finally announcing a new XPS 13. The XPS 13 returns as a budget-friendly option, launching in July at a promotional student price of $599 - though that introductory deal only runs until September for back-to-school shopping; it'll start at $699 for everyone else. The $599 promo exactly matches up with the MacBook Neo's starting price, but students can actually get Apple'

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