The Hidden Machine Inside Modern Tooling
A Geekist Exploration of What Powers the Tools That Power Us Ever wondered how modern tooling just works™? In this post, we’ll explore the engine rooms behind the frameworks we lean on every day, and hopefully you’ll walk away with a clearer sense of the machinery hidden beneath the hood. Anyway… where were we? Ah…
As If.
A piece that asked to exist. Build a sentence that cannot escape itself. What could be, if it could exist, as if it were, as existential as it is proverbial; yes faith, yes religion, as verbiage as it is literary; mock literacy, why don’t you, as factual as it is mythical; as if idiocy lives…
Part-time Agile Will Work Against You
Clean tickets, costly stand-ups, slow velocity. Part-time Agile drains teams and delivery. Discover what skipping rituals really costs.
The 5 Best Downloaders for Videos, Music & Images (No Browser Needed)
Remember downloading at 4KB/sec? These five modern tools are faster and don’t need a browser. Perfect for terminal nerds and nostalgia junkies alike.
Of Writing, Or Something Like It
Another task, Another ask: write with control, at first. Let it slip. Let the thought unravel, then into something ghostlike that still lingers long after it should have ended. I would never start a sentence in control, certainly not in the opening line of the opening paragraph. No, not quite like who I am, or…
Yes, you can Blog from your Localhost WordPress on iPhone.
Access your local WordPress site from your iPhone using ZeroTier or Tailscale. Blog from anywhere securely, privately & with no cloud in sight
The Invisible CDN We Built for Display Pics
We built a dynamic display picture system in 2012 using X-Accel-Redirect and NGINX, serving fresh content with static-like speed, without a full CDN stack.
The Editorial Engine: A Technologist’s Pilgrimage
What if the reason you’re not writing isn’t discipline, but design? A technologist reflects on blogging, voice, and where it all begins.
Cadence
An innocent request, at an unwittingly appropriate time; write a brief but disproportionately difficult attempt to rest…
Chaos Cohere
An ask, made whilst dissecting the chaotic beauty of a piece of political writing; write out a wandering reflection that lands on a sentence discussed: “But how much control does he really have?rdquo;
Neo Should’ve Picked the Blue Pill
A Sci-Fi fable of fat, fire & forgotten biology, where ketosis outshines carb culture & the machines that plugged into the wrong end.
The Architects Who Built Our Digital Foundation
Meet the pioneers who built AI, C, Unix, and Apollo software: 5 coding legends whose brilliance shaped the systems we still rely on today.
Grospel of Croffee: The Parable of the Maiden’s Plea
Oat milk? In keto?! A poetic tale of forbidden flavour, almond betrayal, and the sacred union of cream. The Grospel deepens.
Croffee anyone? Or Kroffee if you’re so inclined.
Ditch almond milk! Discover Croffee, the ultimate keto hack. A hilarious take on keto coffee alternatives & plant-based myths.
We Broke the Web. Now Comes the Rollback-olution™
The web has come full circle. After 25 years of over-engineering, WebO+ revives the best of Web1, Web2, and Web3 – minus the complexity.
Why Your Tech Stack is Overrated (And What Actually Matters)
The real challenge in 2025 isn’t React Native vs. Native, it’s building software that lasts. Here’s what truly matters for future-proof development.
Sync Music & Visuals Together to Captivate your Audience
A breakdown of how precise timing between music and visuals enhances engagement, with a simple BPM calculator to keep everything in sync.
How to Stay on Beat and Out of Bars (Musically Speaking)
An overview of bars, beats, and time signatures in music, explaining why certain rhythms feel natural and how they structure everything from classical piece
Modern WordPress MVC Plugin (2024)
Revisiting a 2010 MVC router for WordPress plugins, now updated for 2024 with middleware, validation and more. A lightweight, no-boilerplate alternative.
The Tool that made CSS Magical…
A look back at Stylizer, a visual CSS editor that once made live styling intuitive, before frameworks took over and it faded into obscurity.
The Art of Proxying: Mastering Traffic Like a Pro
A deep dive into advanced Nginx reverse proxy setups, covering WebSockets, gRPC, Layer 7 load balancing, and real-world traffic management strategies.
How to Geek Out Over Latin Without Sounding Like a Priest
The ancient roots of prefixes like Sino- and Hispano-, why Latin lost its spark, and how nerds bring “dead” languages back to life
Can’t we just reset AWS!?
How a Stratocaster, chaotic AWS migration and calm leadership turned panic into progress. Empowerment, humour, and a reset button!
Nginx Wildcard SSL and Beyond
A breakdown of SSL/TLS, Let’s Encrypt, and Mutual SSL with Nginx, covering wildcard certs, Cloudflare integration, and advanced security configurations.
Why Your Web Server Structure is Holding You Back (And How to Fix It)
A practical look at organizing web server folders, from `/srv` structures to centralizing logs and configs designed for scalability and security.
Smarter Defaults for Subdomains and SSL
Tame Nginx with smarter defaults! Learn how to simplify subdomains, SSL, and streamline your configs for secure, scalable setups
In the Beginning… We Shared (whether we liked it or not!)
The history of hosting, from shared servers with shady neighbours to modern setups. A humour-filled deep dive into what went wrong and what works today.
It’s a Security Thing.
A high-stakes demo, MongoDB, and a critical mistake? Discover how I reset an entire database minutes before a VIP arrive and what happened after…
Dynamic Capabilities for Adaptable Systems
Build better software with dynamic capabilities. Learn how to create adaptable and maintainable systems.
The Eye of the Storm
‘Tis a tale of two transformed. where she walked, roses filled with thorn, wherein winds cut through you like the norm. where he lived; torment took form.
Hybrid vs. Native
A deep dive into the Hybrid vs. Native debate, breaking down the myths around React Native, its real-world scaling potential, and why bad advice nearly
Many claim Remote Work, but few mean what we really think.
Remote work sounds great, but do employers really mean it? This post explores what true remote work looks like & how to make it work.
Cheaper (free?) Web Hosting in Singapore
Affordable web hosting in Singapore: AWS Free Tier, DigitalOcean ($5/month), and Cloudflare for security & speed. Get more for less!
How to SSR with `apollostack` and `meteor-react-router-ssr`
Learn how to set up SSR with Apollo and Meteor-React-Router-SSR, handling initial state hydration, preRender hooks, and routing tweaks.
This is a WordPress Blog. What? Well.., kinda
Using WordPress.com as a headless CMS with GraphQL and React-Apollo to power a custom website. A practical approach to WordPress APIs.
5 Steps to your tech startup MVP
Launching your startup? Learn the 5 key steps to build a solid MVP: focus, prototype, and choose the right tech stack for success!
Building a Zoomable UI with Meteor.js & Greensock
An exploration of Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs) with Meteor.js and Greensock & a unique responsive UI design technique
WordPress MVC Plugin Development
Build a WordPress MVC plugin with custom routing, controller logic, and clean structure. Ideal for devs modernising WP admin tools.