Latest Posts
Exploring Astro DB
Astro just released Astro DB, a fully managed database integrated with the framework itself. I created a views counter for my blog, and loved the experience.
Migrating Mastodon instance to Kubernetes
I run a small Mastodon instance, and recently I've migrated it from a Docker container in Digital Ocean to my own Kubernetes cluster on Hostinger VPS. Here's how I did it.
Resume automation
Being recently laid off, I expect to send out hundreds of job applications in coming weeks and months. Why not make working with resume updates as convenient as possible?
Using GPT as a rubber ducky
There's this popular practice among engineers to talk through problems out loud. When there's nobody around (or you don't want to interrupt others), this practice calls for talking to a rubber duck toy. Well, I found a great rubber ducky in ✨sparkling autocomplete✨ AKA generative pre-trained transformers.
Moving away from Vercel to Kubernetes
After years and years of hosting this blog on Vercel, I'm moving away to my own Kubernetes cluster. Here's how (and why).
Docker and Node 20 on M1 Macs
If you trying to build a Node 20 image with Docker on Apple Silicon while upgrading from an older Node versions, you may get stuck on the `npm install` step. There's an easy fix for it.
Fun with OpenAI, GPT, and Notion
I’ve been toying with this side project for a couple of months, and I’m pretty happy about how it’s been going so far.
Building this website: meditation through code
It's funny how I spend a lot of my free time on tweaking this website, improving this or that, adding a random feature, or falling down a rabbit hole of some technology I may eventually want to use here. Yet its main purpose - it's a blog, damn it! - happens to be mostly neglected.
CascadiaJS 2021
For years I wanted to attend CascadiaJS 2021, a PNW-native JavaScript conference. And for a while, I either couldn’t afford it, didn’t have the time, or had more immediate priorities.