Being Invisible Online: A Practical Guide to Internet Anonymity
July 31, 2026Learn what online anonymity really takes in 2026: threat modeling, Tor and Tails, Mullvad VPN, encrypted chat, Monero, fingerprint resistance, and OP…
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My little guide to SemVer & Conventional Commits
June 06, 2026A guide to Semantic Versioning and Conventional Commits, how they work together, and why they matter for CI/CD pipelines.
I Asked Science How Hard a Human Can Fart (A Rigorous Investigation)
April 12, 2026A peer-reviewed, equation-laden, citation-backed investigation into the maximum pressure a human being can generate during a fart. Includes intraabdo…
Building `oxide-randomx`: An Education in Performance Skepticism
March 18, 2026A technical reflection on building `oxide-randomx`, a clean-room RandomX implementation in Rust: why the real work was not just interpreter and JIT c…
The Perils of Artificial Intelligence: Why Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Superintelligence Remain the Greatest Threat to Human Existence
November 08, 2025An urgent, evidence-backed feature for senior AI leaders on existential risk from AGI and ASI, tracing the inevitability horizon of scaling, why the…
Why a Frugal Solo Developer Might (Actually) Want to Run Their Own Email Server
November 01, 2025A practical, frugal guide to self-hosting transactional email with Postfix, Dovecot, and OpenDKIM on Debian/Ubuntu. Covers DNS (SPF/DKIM/DMARC, PTR),…
How Much Would a Real Death Star Cost to Build and Operate?
October 18, 2025A data-first estimate of a moon-size battle station. Builds from your research to price materials, labor, assembly, energy systems, and specialized t…
The Finer Points of Rust That Actually Matter
October 04, 2025A high-level, brutally practical tour of Rust aimed at senior C and C# engineers. Covers ownership and borrowing, traits and generics, enums/ADTs, er…
Rust Beginner’s Survival Guide: Taming the Borrow Checker and Other Wild Beasts
September 01, 2025A long-form survival guide for developers diving into Rust. Covers ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, common pitfalls, and practical tips. All explaine…
Gaming on Linux in 2025: Beyond the Niche
August 02, 2025Survey of Linux gaming in 2025: Proton 10 advances, native titles like Warzone 2100 and OpenRCT2, and tools such as Lutris, Heroic, and Bottles turni…