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Compiling the Vision Encoder: Squeezing 3% More Throughput from Qwen3-VL on Hopper GPUs
When you run a vision-language model through vLLM, the framework does something clever: it compiles the LLM decoder with torch.compile, fuses operators, and captures CUDA graphs for maximum throughput. But there is a component it quietly leaves behind -- the …
5 AI Coding Patterns That Actually Work (2026 Edition)
As AI coding agents become the norm, I've spent the last few months figuring out what actually works vs. what's just hype. Here are 5 patterns that have genuinely sped up my workflow. 1. The "Describe, Don't Code" Pattern Instead of writing code yourself, des…
Cloud Newbies: Avoid These 5 Costly Pitfalls! | Cloud Cost Optimization
Pitfall 1: Poor Instance Selection ❌ Common Mistakes: Over-provisioning: Blindly choosing high-spec instances, leading to wasted performance. Misunderstanding the differences between Compute-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, and Storage-Optimized types. Ignoring t…
Stop miscalculating age in JavaScript: leap years, Feb 29, and the Jan 31 trap
Most age calculators are wrong for at least one of these reasons: they do nowYear - dobYear and forget to check if the birthday already happened they treat all months like the same length they explode on Feb 29 birthdays they hit JavaScript’s “Jan 31 + 1 mont…
Quantified Self: Building a Blazing Fast Health Dashboard with DuckDB and Streamlit
Have you ever tried exporting your Apple Health data, only to find a massive, 2GB+ export.xml file that makes your text editor cry? 😭 As a developer obsessed with the Quantified Self movement, I wanted to turn that mountain of raw data into actionable insight…
The Future of Go Network Programming: What's Next for Gophers?
Hey Gophers! If you’re building APIs, microservices, or real-time apps with Go, you’re already riding a wave of simplicity and performance. Go’s concurrency model (goroutines FTW!) and robust net/http package make it a go-to for network programming. But the t…
I built a privacy-first image toolkit — all processing happens in your browser, zero server uploads
Every image tool I've used online uploads files to their servers for processing. I wanted something that doesn't. NullUpload processes images entirely in your browser using Canvas API and WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is tracked, no accounts neede…
How Attackers Use Extension Spoofing and How I Built a Tool to Stop Them
I got tired of seeing ransomware slip through because attackers just rename malware.exe to invoice.pdf. So I built a tool that validates file extensions against magic numbers in real-time. What it does: Monitors file creation/modification using inotify (Linux…
IA, carreira e ansiedade
As coisas estão mudando muito rápido o tempo todo. Tenho a sensação de que quem está se saindo melhor é justamente quem consegue fluir de acordo com essas mudanças. Eu — como engenheira de software júnior — me sinto no meio do furacão. E, provavelmente, você …
Stop Guessing Your Health: Build a Unified Quantified Self Dashboard with Streamlit and ECharts
Are you tired of jumping between five different apps just to see how your sleep affected your glucose levels? Welcome to the world of Quantified Self. In this era of wearable overload, the real challenge isn't collecting data—it's data engineering and synthes…
I Built a Production RAG System on Azure AKS for $40/Month — Here's Every Decision I Made and Why
A cloud architect's opinionated walkthrough: from blank terminal to 13 pods serving AI-powered answers, with cost breakdowns you can actually verify. Last month, I set out to build something specific: a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system that could run on …
TimeSlipSearch: A Conversational Time Machine for Pop Culture
This is my submission for the DEV Challenge: Consumer-Facing Conversational Experiences. What I Built TimeSlipSearch is a conversational time machine that answers questions like: “What was the #1 song the day I was born?” …in under 100 milliseconds. Type a da…