Automating My Local Dev Env
Containerizing a static site workflow with Podman, Go, and live reloading automates manual rebuild loops and eliminates repetitive local development environment friction.
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Containerizing a static site workflow with Podman, Go, and live reloading automates manual rebuild loops and eliminates repetitive local development environment friction.
Exploring my LFX Mentorship with Chaos Mesh, refactoring E2E tests into Gherkin BDD scenarios, contributing UI fixes, and growing into an active open-source contributor.
Analyzing the impact of compile-time HTML minification as a static blog grows to over 240 posts, measuring build speeds, raw byte savings, and network packet reductions.
A first LFX Chaos Mesh milestone initiates the Ginkgo to Gherkin migration, proving a readable BDD test path in Kubernetes e2e tests with the first merged pull request.
Turning Echo from an MCP-only memory server into a dual-interface local tool with agent workflows, CLI inspection, shared services, and direct maintenance paths for humans.
A mid-level developer retrospective on shifting Echo memory deletion from content matching to ID-based operations to ensure AI tools target database rows with no ambiguity.
Fixing DuckDB file locks in Echo by replacing the startup connection with on-demand database sessions that open, sync, query, and close during each analytics request.
Rebuilding a Linktree-style Vue project as a Go static site generator to reduce npm maintenance, simplify builds, and learn Go through a small real-world publishing tool.
Building an MCP server with Go and SQLite to give AI agents scoped, local-first memory, reduce repeated context setup, and keep project decisions available in CLI sessions.
Transitioning from fragmented multi-module scripts to a library-first platform using a unified Go workspace.
From systemd timers to event-driven webhooks: How I leveraged a Go proxy to eliminate O(N) management toil and achieve instant GitOps syncs for multiple repositories.
Visualizing a project’s journey: a product-first landing page and a timeline generated from a structured YAML history of milestones. Dive into this step-by-step tutorial.
From article extractor to personal reading analytics dashboard—zero infrastructure, Go-powered metrics, and live visualizations on GitHub Pages. Dive into the full post.