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Can My $12 Box Survive the Reddit Hug of Death?

2025/09/08

Load-testing FastAPI + SQLite on a tiny VPS

The Archive

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Lawyers vs Python

2025/09/05

Why I built my own AI legal assistant during my divorce in Japan

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How I Taught Myself to Vibe Code: A Free Bootcamp

2025/08/30

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I Yelled My MVP Idea and Got a FastAPI Backend in 3 Minutes

2025/05/18

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I Built a Tool to Predict If My Next Side Project Will Ruin My Weekend

2025/05/11

I used to wing every timeline. Now I’ve got a CLI and a local LLM telling me if I’m about to ruin another weekend.