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Add a Local Gitleaks Pre-Commit Hook (No Frameworks)
Use a simple .git/hooks/pre-commit script to block secrets before they land in history.
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The Acceleration of Revolution
Why each great economic and technological revolution arrives faster than the last, and why AI may be the most disruptive yet.
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WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and HTTP Long Polling
A practical guide to real-time data delivery in web apps, comparing WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and HTTP long polling, and when to use each.
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Load Testing Your Website in 2026
A modern, practical guide to load testing web applications using Siege, k6, and Vegeta, updated for contemporary development workflows.
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Parallel State Machines: Modelling Independent Behaviour Without a Giant FSM
When one workflow is not enough, parallel state machines keep independent concerns separate, testable, and easier to reason about.
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State Machines in Practice: Advantages, Disadvantages, and a TypeScript Example
A practical, engineer-friendly look at state machines: why they’re great, where they hurt, and a clean TypeScript finite-state-machine example.
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AI’s Energy Bottleneck: Powering Intelligence on a Finite Planet
As AI scales, energy, not algorithms, may become the limiting factor. A high-level look at today’s constraints and how they could be overcome.
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Accessible Markup for a Speech Input Button
A practical pattern for an accessible speech input trigger button: native button semantics, toggle state, live regions, and error announcements.