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Wireguard VPN", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/routing-select-docker-containers-through-wireguard-vpn/", "published_at": "2018-03-29T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae4b515a5", "title": "Integrating Kotlin with a Dropwizard App", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/integrating-kotlin-with-a-java-dropwizard-app/", "published_at": "2018-02-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae5ad6801", "title": "Dropwizard 1.3 Upcoming TLS Improvements", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/dropwizard-1-3-upcoming-tls-improvements/", "published_at": "2018-02-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae63ed891", "title": "Fighting Instability and Rust", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/fighting-instability-and-rust/", "published_at": "2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae65586f0", "title": "Replacing Elasticsearch with Rust and SQLite", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/replacing-elasticsearch-with-rust-and-sqlite/", "published_at": "2017-11-21T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae75215f5", "title": "Back to the Register: Distilling the Federal Register for All", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/back-to-the-register-distilling-the-federal-register-for-all/", "published_at": "2017-10-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae7a41726", "title": "WireGuard VPN Walkthrough", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/wireguard-vpn-walkthrough/", "published_at": "2017-09-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae81998ee", "title": "Robust systemd Script to Store Pi-hole Metrics in Graphite", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/robust-systemd-script-to-store-pihole-metrics-in-graphite/", "published_at": "2017-08-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae8fbe5d1", "title": "Building a Home Server", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/building-a-home-server/", "published_at": "2017-08-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae9c0d299", "title": "Investigation into the Inefficiencies of Node.js Http Streams", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/investigation-into-the-inefficiencies-of-nodejs-http-streams/", "published_at": "2017-07-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171ae9c3599b", "title": "Writing a high performance TLS terminating proxy in Rust", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/writing-a-high-performance-tls-terminating-proxy-in-rust/", "published_at": "2017-07-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aea18983d", "title": "Creating a parallel AMP site with Jekyll", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/creating-a-parallel-amp-site-with-jekyll/", "published_at": "2017-06-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aeafcfb2c", "title": "Introduction to Journald and Structured Logging", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/introduction-to-journald-and-structured-logging/", "published_at": "2017-05-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aebe32a32", "title": "Migrating to the new NET SDK MSBuild Project Files", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/migrating-to-the-new-net-sdk-msbuild-project-files/", "published_at": "2017-04-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aec3d39a2", "title": "The Difficulty of Performance Evaluation of HikariCP in Dropwizard", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/the-difficulty-of-performance-evaluation-of-hikaricp-in-dropwizard/", "published_at": "2017-03-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aed039ea1", "title": "First Impressions of the Google Pixel", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/first-impressions-of-the-google-pixel/", "published_at": "2017-03-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aedb99332", "title": "The Last Hooray, Bye Windows Phone", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/the-last-hooray-bye-windows-phone/", "published_at": "2017-02-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aeddcaf8d", "title": "The Cost of TLS in Java and Solutions", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/the-cost-of-tls-in-java-and-solutions/", "published_at": "2017-01-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aeed75a39", "title": "Exporting Open Hardware Data into Graphite", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/exporting-open-hardware-data-into-graphite/", "published_at": "2016-12-29T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087af-246f-70b8-8754-171aef24bc67", "title": "Monitoring Windows system metrics with Grafana", "url": "https://nickb.dev/blog/monitoring-windows-system-metrics-with-grafana/", "published_at": "2016-12-27T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

There's always a niche: rawzip and the cost of ergonomics original ↗

18 Jul 2026

When React strict mode meets a one-way door original ↗

20 Apr 2026

2025

Wasm is not an implementation detail original ↗

28 Nov 2025

The serde optimization gauntlet: Wasm and arenas original ↗

4 Oct 2025

Life after wasm-pack: an opinionated deconstruction original ↗

18 Sept 2025

Top-level await is a footgun: The Wasm worker edition original ↗

10 Sept 2025

Are SIMD gather instructions underrated?original ↗

12 Jun 2025

The DuckDB and Arrow rabbit hole: data modeling adventures original ↗

26 May 2025

A Bevy app entirely off the main thread original ↗

20 Apr 2025

Wasm's curious word size and the SWAR advantage original ↗

27 Mar 2025

Default musl allocator considered harmful (to performance)original ↗

2 Feb 2025

The right tool for the job: positioned IO for Zip archives original ↗

22 Jan 2025

2024

Keeping up with the fronted Joneses: streaming server side rendering original ↗

12 Nov 2024

Cloudflare's forbidden Steam original ↗

6 Nov 2024

The hidden nuance of the JavaScript File API original ↗

7 Oct 2024

SQL reduction: ask for forgiveness original ↗

17 Aug 2024

Next.js on Cloudflare: a gem with rough edges original ↗

10 Aug 2024

The accidental journey to TrueNAS Scale original ↗

27 May 2024

Dot or Not? A type safety story about file extensions original ↗

13 May 2024

Practical responsive image sprites for the web original ↗

14 Apr 2024

Pitfalls of React Query original ↗

17 Mar 2024

You might not need a React animation library: transitions original ↗

26 Feb 2024

The composition king: compound components original ↗

28 Jan 2024

The WebAssembly value proposition is write once, not performance original ↗

3 Jan 2024

2023

The dark side of inlining and monomorphization original ↗

22 Dec 2023

Split Next.js across hosting providers and advocate for direct S3 uploads original ↗

4 Sept 2023

MySQL text ID collation: tread carefully original ↗

18 Aug 2023

Decapitation: a migration from antd to headless story original ↗

8 Aug 2023

Advantages of opaque types over value objects original ↗

31 Jul 2023

Too edgy, a serverless search original ↗

1 Jun 2023

There and back again with zstd zips original ↗

16 May 2023

New browser APIs unlock new possibilities original ↗

29 Apr 2023

CycleList: a cyclical activity tracker original ↗

8 Apr 2023

Designing Responsive React Components for 2023 original ↗

23 Mar 2023

Wasm compression benchmarks and the cost of missing compression APIs original ↗

31 Jan 2023

2022

Rethinking web workers and edge compute with Wasm original ↗

2 Dec 2022

Cloudflare Tunnel saved my home server when my apartment got a new ISP original ↗

19 Oct 2022

Avoiding allocations in Rust to shrink Wasm modules original ↗

7 Oct 2022

Favoring SQL over Redis for an evergreen leaderboard original ↗

17 Sept 2022

DEFLATE yourself for faster Rust ZIPs original ↗

2 Sept 2022

Avoiding dynamic CSS-in-JS styles in React original ↗

27 Jul 2022

The footgun with Docker Compose shared configurations original ↗

12 Jul 2022

The subjective nature of JS libraries exposing an off the main thread API original ↗

20 May 2022

Recommendations when publishing a Wasm library original ↗

27 Mar 2022

Don't freak, but our Rust web server is now Node.js original ↗

10 Feb 2022

Accessing public and private B2 S3 buckets in Rust original ↗

17 Jan 2022

2021

Authoring a SIMD enhanced Wasm library with Rust original ↗

13 Dec 2021

Replacing an unavailable ZFS drive original ↗

21 Nov 2021

A workaround for Rust's lack of structural subtyping original ↗

18 Nov 2021

Reality check for Cloudflare Wasm Workers and Rust original ↗

17 Sept 2021

Simulating the EU4 map in the browser with WebGL original ↗

23 Aug 2021

Git Rebase to Squash Commits to Most Recent Message original ↗

24 Jul 2021

Wasm and Native Node Module Performance Comparison original ↗

2 Jul 2021

Stumbling with WebGL Image Processing original ↗

15 May 2021

Cargo Workspace and the Feature Unification Pitfall original ↗

29 Apr 2021

Leveraging Rust to Bundle Node Native Modules and Wasm into an Isomorphic NPM Package original ↗

7 Feb 2021

2020

Writing a Secure Systemd Service with Sandboxing and Dynamic Users original ↗

29 Dec 2020

A Quick Tour of Trade-offs Embedding Data in Rust original ↗

9 Nov 2020

Designing a Decaying Leaderboard with Redis original ↗

2 Nov 2020

Results of Authoring a JS Library with Rust and Wasm original ↗

5 Oct 2020

Migrating a 160k Word Jekyll Blog to Hugo original ↗

20 Aug 2020

Backblaze B2 as a Cheaper Alternative to Github's Git LFS original ↗

16 Aug 2020

My Bet on Rust has been Vindicated original ↗

17 Jul 2020

Reasons to Migrate away from Gatsby original ↗

13 Jul 2020

Opinionated Guide for Web Development with Rust Web Workers original ↗

4 Apr 2020

Parsing Performance Improvement with Tapes and Spatial Locality original ↗

19 Feb 2020

2019

Monitoring Remote Sites with Traefik and Prometheus original ↗

3 Jul 2019

Downsampling Timescale Data with Continuous Aggregations original ↗

7 May 2019

SQLite: Dropping an index for a 300x speedup original ↗

3 Mar 2019

Azure Pipelines for Rust Projects original ↗

28 Feb 2019

Guidelines on Benchmarking and Rust original ↗

27 Jan 2019

2018

Quick investment advice for the smart and lazy original ↗

15 Dec 2018

Leaning on Algo to route Docker traffic through Wireguard original ↗

14 Oct 2018

Exploring TimescaleDB as a replacement for Graphite original ↗

11 Sept 2018

Hashing strings bytewise in C#original ↗

4 Sept 2018

IPv6 only networking not viable in 2018 original ↗

11 Aug 2018

Satisfying NAS share and backup solution original ↗

24 Jul 2018

Migrating to Actix Web from Rocket for Stability original ↗

21 May 2018

Viewing WireGuard Traffic with Tcpdump original ↗

3 May 2018

Lessons learned: ZFS, databases, and backups original ↗

19 Apr 2018

Routing Select Docker Containers through Wireguard VPN original ↗

29 Mar 2018

Integrating Kotlin with a Dropwizard App original ↗

23 Feb 2018

Dropwizard 1.3 Upcoming TLS Improvements original ↗

4 Feb 2018

Fighting Instability and Rust original ↗

15 Jan 2018

2017

Replacing Elasticsearch with Rust and SQLite original ↗

21 Nov 2017

Back to the Register: Distilling the Federal Register for All original ↗

22 Oct 2017

WireGuard VPN Walkthrough original ↗

12 Sept 2017

Robust systemd Script to Store Pi-hole Metrics in Graphite original ↗

23 Aug 2017

Building a Home Server original ↗

14 Aug 2017

Investigation into the Inefficiencies of Node.js Http Streams original ↗

24 Jul 2017

Writing a high performance TLS terminating proxy in Rust original ↗

19 Jul 2017

Creating a parallel AMP site with Jekyll original ↗

10 Jun 2017

Introduction to Journald and Structured Logging original ↗

22 May 2017

Migrating to the new NET SDK MSBuild Project Files original ↗

26 Apr 2017

The Difficulty of Performance Evaluation of HikariCP in Dropwizard original ↗

26 Mar 2017

First Impressions of the Google Pixel original ↗

6 Mar 2017

The Last Hooray, Bye Windows Phone original ↗

4 Feb 2017

The Cost of TLS in Java and Solutions original ↗

22 Jan 2017

2016

Exporting Open Hardware Data into Graphite original ↗

29 Dec 2016

Monitoring Windows system metrics with Grafana original ↗

27 Dec 2016