How SQLite Turns Hardware Chaos into Correctness
Databases live in a pretty messy world: crashes happen, writes tear, and nothing is guaranteed. SQLite deals with all of that quietly in the background, and this post takes a look at how.
Deeper Data-Science with DoWhy: Causal Modeling in Python
Learn how causal inference with DoWhy goes beyond prediction to answer 'what if we intervene?' questions. This tutorial uses a student attendance example to demonstrate the difference between correlation and causation in data science.
Introducing Installerpedia - Install Anything With Zero Hassle
Software installation is still fragmented, manual, and error-prone. Installerpedia proposes a structured, community-driven way to make installing any tool reliable and effortless.
How Netflix Uses Matrix Factorization to Predict Your Next Favorite Movie
Discover how Matrix Factorization solves the empty star problem that once challenged Netflix. This article explores using Stochastic Gradient Descent to bridge the gap between missing data and perfect matches.
From Commits to DAGs: How Git Uses a DAG to Track Your Code History
Most developers use Git daily, often memorizing commands without fully understanding what happens under the hood. We know how to use git add and git commit, but do we really know how it works? At its core, Git is a simple key-value data store. It is a database, and understanding
Diagnose & Fix Painfully Slow Ollama: 4 Essential Debugging Techniques + Fixes
Frustrated with laggy Ollama? Try out these debugging techniques
Designing a Go ETL Pipeline When SQLite Allows Only One Writer at a Time
At scale, ETL is no longer just extract → transform → load. It becomes a systems problem. You’re ingesting thousands of assets, transforming them aggressively, and trying to persist results fast enough that storage doesn’t collapse under contention. When SQLite is your storage layer, this tension becomes impossible to ignore,
Building a Bayesian Spam Classifier from First Principles
We work through the original Bayesian Spam Classifier paper from Microsoft Research. And then make it practical by applying to the Enron spam dataset
CAVLite: Lightweight, Memory-Efficient Security Audit for Low-RAM Servers.
If you run a server with limited resources—specifically, standard 4GB RAM and 2 vCPU setup- you are likely familiar with the constant, stressful balancing act between performance and security. You know you need antivirus protection and system audits. You know the risks of leaving a server vulnerable to intruders,
Announcing udwall: A New Tool for Making UFW and Docker Play Nice With Each Other
Many of us believe that the combination of UFW and Docker is the standard stack for deploying applications securely without exposing docker container ports. Configuring UFW via provisioning tools like Ansible is usually seamless, giving us confidence that our servers are secure. However, there is a massive, often overlooked security
Stop Paying for LLMs — Run Your Own Locally
If you’re tired of hitting limits, waiting on slow responses, or paying monthly just to use an online model, there’s a better option. With Ollama, you can run powerful LLMs directly on your own machine.
Why Your Page Feels Slow (and Hurts Your PageSpeed Score): Render Blocking and Critical CSS Explained
Learn how render blocking CSS slows your site and how Critical CSS can help you boost your PageSpeed score.