Archives
All the articles I've archived.
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May 1
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Cache, Part 1: What to check before adding a cache
The break-even math, five access patterns, and the checklist that comes before adding a cache. Most of the time the answer is no, and the work is upstream of the cache.
April 3
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Helix — A Markdown-Files Memory Layer for a Personal AI Agent
How a folder of markdown files became the memory layer for a personal AI agent — and why it replaced a vector database.
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From Self-Hosted HLS to Bunny Stream: What Changes and What Breaks
Part 2 of the streaming POC series. Swapping self-hosted HLS for Bunny Stream looked like a backend service change. The token auth took two days.
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Streaming Video on a $0 Server: Building an HLS POC from Scratch
A working HLS video streaming proof of concept on an Oracle Always Free ARM server. Every mistake made along the way, and what actually worked.