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ext-whisper: PHP-Native Audio Transcription original ↗

24 Sept 2026

ext-turbovec: A Vector Index Inside Your PHP Process original ↗

23 Sept 2026

ext-infer: Local LLM Inference, Natively in PHP original ↗

22 Sept 2026

Beware original ↗

19 Sept 2026

The Case for Local AI: Keep Your Data and Your Models Close original ↗

17 Sept 2026

Seeing in 1,024 Dimensions: How UMAP Makes Embeddings Visible original ↗

15 Sept 2026

From Keywords to Concepts: Semantic Search in Laravel with pgvector original ↗

10 Sept 2026

Meaning as Geometry: What Embeddings Actually Are original ↗

8 Sept 2026

Rebuilding a Dead iPod Game original ↗

7 Sept 2026

Hiking Keauhou original ↗

10 Aug 2026

Why I Left Crypto and Found Canton original ↗

30 Apr 2026

Introducing Cantool: A CLI for Canton Developers original ↗

27 Apr 2026

Canton vs Public Crypto: A Technical Comparison original ↗

23 Apr 2026

What is Canton Network (and why should you care)?original ↗

20 Apr 2026

The 0.25% Background: Building a Rarity System Into a Portfolio Site original ↗

13 Apr 2026

Buy them the tools original ↗

25 Mar 2026

The Agentic Harness Problem: Why AI Agents Need Better Guardrails Than Code Reviews original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Watch Cryptography Happen: A Terminal Animation for Threshold Signatures original ↗

20 Mar 2026

Why One Key Shouldn’t Rule Them All: Threshold Signatures for the Rest of Us original ↗

18 Mar 2026

The Upfront Investment That Saves 10,000 Hours original ↗

11 Mar 2026

From Defense AI Drift to Policy Enforcement: Why I Built Firebreak original ↗

28 Feb 2026

AI Slop and the em-dash original ↗

27 Feb 2026

The Gravity Problem: Why Defense AI Companies Drift Toward Offense original ↗

27 Feb 2026

PHP Tek 2026: Kubernetes and Semantic Search for PHP Developers original ↗

26 Jan 2026

The gap between Docker Compose and production Kubernetes original ↗

13 Jan 2026

Why I built a Kubernetes deployment tool original ↗

6 Jan 2026

Short Stints, Real Experience: Rethinking Career Tenure original ↗

6 Jan 2026

2025

Gratitude original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Burnout Prevention Through Strategic Reassignment original ↗

25 Nov 2025

When it rains …original ↗

20 Oct 2025

Your Return-to-Office Policy is Killing Your AI Strategy original ↗

9 Sept 2025

WordPress Infrastructure in 2025: Time for a Modern Approach original ↗

27 Aug 2025

Signal vs. Noise: How AI Slop Kills Conversation original ↗

24 Jul 2025

Distilling the Cloud: The Journey Continues original ↗

16 Jul 2025

Finding Balance: Building Scalable Systems While Paying the Bills original ↗

30 Jun 2025

The Deceptive Promise of AI original ↗

26 Jun 2025

Managing Multiple Identities with Git Configuration original ↗

28 May 2025

Overcoming GitOps Implementation Challenges original ↗

6 May 2025

Containerized RSS original ↗

30 Apr 2025

Blogs and NUCs and Caching, Oh My!original ↗

29 Apr 2025

When is a Deployment “Good Enough?”original ↗

23 Apr 2025

GitOps and DIY Infrastructure: A Match Made in DevOps Heaven original ↗

22 Apr 2025

Simplify, simplify, simplify original ↗

16 Apr 2025

Consistent Infrastructure original ↗

9 Apr 2025

A Foray into Private Hosting original ↗

2 Apr 2025

Job Search – Unreasonable Expectations original ↗

13 Mar 2025

Technology has gotten dumber original ↗

14 Feb 2025

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WordPress Drama: Crossfire original ↗

15 Oct 2024

WordPress: The Drama Continues original ↗

14 Oct 2024

WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines original ↗

26 Sept 2024

WordPress, Hosts, and Hosting original ↗

23 Sept 2024

Bounties and Risk original ↗

14 Aug 2024

Find Your Tribe original ↗

14 May 2024

The Great Migration: Mastodon original ↗

9 May 2024

Password Security original ↗

7 May 2024

The Great Migration: Next Steps original ↗

2 May 2024

Tech Error: Diversity Not Found original ↗

30 Apr 2024

The Great Migration: Configuring the Server original ↗

25 Apr 2024

The Great WordPress Migration original ↗

23 Apr 2024

Customer Focus: Acquisition vs Retention original ↗

9 Jan 2024

2023

An Ode to Open Source original ↗

15 Dec 2023

Hiring and risk original ↗

14 Oct 2023

PHP Strict Typing original ↗

6 Jul 2023

2022

You are not your customer original ↗

19 Mar 2022

Understanding access control original ↗

18 Mar 2022

Adversarial mindsets original ↗

18 Mar 2022

Going analog original ↗

17 Mar 2022

Radical candor original ↗

16 Mar 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 8 original ↗

14 Mar 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 7 original ↗

13 Mar 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 6 original ↗

12 Mar 2022

Limiting network egress original ↗

11 Mar 2022

Basic firewall usage original ↗

10 Mar 2022

Overcoming imposter syndrome original ↗

9 Mar 2022

Imposter syndrome original ↗

8 Mar 2022

Headless WordPress original ↗

7 Mar 2022

Cooking with credentials – pepper original ↗

6 Mar 2022

Cooking with credentials – salting original ↗

5 Mar 2022

Cooking with credentials – the basics original ↗

5 Mar 2022

Communication, focus, and tone original ↗

3 Mar 2022

You should learn PHP original ↗

2 Mar 2022

Why phishing attacks succeed original ↗

1 Mar 2022

Representation in tech original ↗

28 Feb 2022

The journey to PCI compliance original ↗

27 Feb 2022

Driving readership original ↗

26 Feb 2022

Types of time original ↗

25 Feb 2022

A Libsodium-based secure remote password scheme for PHP original ↗

24 Feb 2022

String comparison in PHP original ↗

23 Feb 2022

Self-obfuscating value objects original ↗

22 Feb 2022

Securing tokens in PHP original ↗

21 Feb 2022

Paying off technical debt original ↗

20 Feb 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 5 original ↗

19 Feb 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 4 original ↗

18 Feb 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 3 original ↗

17 Feb 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 2 original ↗

16 Feb 2022

Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 1 original ↗

15 Feb 2022

The Cryptopals challenges original ↗

14 Feb 2022

One perspective on career stages original ↗

13 Feb 2022

Do the dishes – right now original ↗

12 Feb 2022

The value of encryption original ↗

11 Feb 2022