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Setup your Ubuntu Server in Under 10 Minutes

Skip the manual server setup with a three-stage Ansible approach that gets you from fresh Ubuntu install to production-ready in under 10 minutes.

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Why I Switched from Orama to Pagefind

Why I use Pagefind: A deep dive into chunked indexing, bandwidth scaling, and setting up a production-grade search for Astro.

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How to generate blurry placeholders for your images

How I eliminated layout shift and improved perceived performance by generating 20px base64 placeholders automatically at build time.

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Why I moved from Astro to TanStack Start

Why TanStack Start fit my Cloudflare deployment and React client work, and what moving my portfolio from Astro involved.

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Why I Didn't Use Google Programmable Search

Google's search API sounds perfect for static sites. It isn't. Here's why the pricing model and indexing delays make it impractical for most blogs.

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GitHub for Government Work

The multi-year, single-vendor RFP is the root cause. Treat the core platform as an open commons: small priced tasks, paid per merged pull request.

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How I automated internal linking with AI

Use embeddings to find internal link opportunities, ask an LLM for evidence, and insert links into MDX without letting it rewrite your articles.

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Assume the Endpoint Is Hostile

Lakhs of government PCs can reach the core, each trusting whoever sits in front of it. Borrow Apple's closed model and make the wrong move unavailable.

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