Why I Migrated from VitePress to Hugo for This Blog
I moved this blog from VitePress to Hugo because it is mostly text. The old setup shipped too much JavaScript for pages that should just load.
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Lnk: Dotfiles Without Another Bash Pile
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Lnk moves dotfiles into ~/.config/lnk, leaves relative symlinks behind, supports host-specific files, and runs bootstrap scripts. Git stays the source of truth.
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Scaling LLM Codegen Past the One-Shot Demo
· llm
One prompt works for small hacks. Larger projects need product context, technical constraints, module boundaries, sprint-sized slices, and tight test loops.
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pin: A Small CLI Spinner for Go
· go
pin is a Go spinner with colors, prefixes, message updates, pipe detection, and no external dependencies. It exists because a spinner should not drag a UI framework into a small CLI.
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Zero: A Small SSL Certificate Manager
· docker
SSL certificates should be boring. Zero is a small Go binary that handles ACME challenges, renews certificates, writes them to a shared volume, and reloads Nginx.
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FTL: Single-Server Deployments Without the Cluster
· docker
FTL deploys Docker apps over SSH with one YAML file, no required registry, Nginx routing, SSL, health checks, and deployment hooks. It is for the space between rsync scripts and a full orchestrator.
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The Hidden Cost of UI Frameworks in Go CLIs
· go
I needed a spinner for a Go CLI and ended up inside a UI architecture. Some terminal libraries are great. They are also the wrong tool for a linear command that just needs progress output.
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Docker Networking Without the Guesswork
· docker
Docker networking gets a lot easier once you separate internal ports from host port mappings. Containers talk by service name and internal port. The outside world uses the mapped port.
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Using Go 1.23 Iterators in CLI Applications
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Go 1.23 added range-over-function iterators and the iter package. For CLI progress streams, that can replace channels, goroutines, and hand-rolled state machines.
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Deploying NextJS App Router with Docker
NextJS App Router does not require Vercel. A standalone build, one Node container, one Nginx container, and Docker Compose are enough for a boring self-hosted deployment.