Writing technical articles is a marathon, not a sprint. Especially when you have a full-time job, side projects, and a personal life. Over several years of running this blog, I’ve developed an approach that lets me publish consistently without burning out. Here’s what works for me.
Continue readingA question that’s coming up more and more in interviews, team chats, and developers’ own heads: why write code at all when an AI agent does it faster, without fatigue, and without asking for a raise?
This isn’t rhetorical. It’s a genuine question that deserves a genuine answer.
Continue readingHey, paranoid friend! 👋
WireGuard isn’t just another VPN protocol. It’s a reimagining of what network code should look like: ~4,000 lines versus 400,000 in OpenVPN. Less code = fewer vulnerabilities = smaller attack surface.
But most WireGuard articles are just “copy this config and run” tutorials. Today we’re going deep: how it works under the hood, which parameters actually matter for privacy and speed, and why Linus Torvalds called it a work of art.
Continue readingLet’s compare how a basic HTTP server looks in Go and Rust — two languages often mentioned together when performance and reliability matter.
Continue readingWhen I started blogging, a colleague asked me directly: “Why? Stack Overflow already has answers to everything, Medium is flooded with tutorials, and there are dozens of books on any technology. Who needs yet another blog?” I couldn’t give a clear answer back then. Now, after several years of blogging and working as an engineering manager, I can.
Spoiler: it has nothing to do with readers.
Continue readingTrying to run a large language model locally but not sure which file to download? Q4_K_M, IQ3_S, Q5_K_M - these aren’t random strings. They describe the quantization format, which determines response quality and how much memory the model will use.
Continue readingLearning a new programming language can feel overwhelming. But after mastering 5+ languages, I’ve discovered that the process follows predictable patterns. Here’s a systematic approach that works for any language, whether it’s your second or your tenth.
The truth: Once you know one language well, learning others becomes exponentially easier.
Why?
The 80/20 rule: 80% of programming is universal concepts, 20% is language-specific syntax.
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