The Cost of Leaving Things As They Are
A full network outage under deadline pressure traced back to a configuration decision made years earlier. The fix took about a minute once the problem was seen.
Diagramming the Gap
On one API integration project, I noticed our meetings frequently stopping to explain how data moved between the systems involved. There were new participants each… Read More »Diagramming the Gap
Organisational Readiness for API Integration
In API integration, the interface is rarely the hardest problem to solve. In early discovery we tend to think about how we are defining the… Read More »Organisational Readiness for API Integration
Why Predictable Systems Deliver Faster Projects
Infrastructure projects often slow down for a reason that is easy to overlook: the time between making a change and finding out whether it worked.… Read More »Why Predictable Systems Deliver Faster Projects
When ChromeOS Quietly Broke My Split-DNS Setup
Audience This is for people running containerised services behind a reverse proxy and enforcing basic controls such as CIDR restricted admin endpoints. I assume you… Read More »When ChromeOS Quietly Broke My Split-DNS Setup
Running YaCy Crawling over VPN While Staying a Healthy Direct Peer
When I first set up YaCy in my homelab I wanted two things at the same time: crawler traffic leaving through a VPN proxy, and… Read More »Running YaCy Crawling over VPN While Staying a Healthy Direct Peer
From Notes to Documentation: Where Joplin Fits in a Technical Workflow
Using Joplin as a capture layer for field notes allows working understanding to be recorded early, then formalised into configuration or documentation once verified.
Context Switching for General Purpose LLM Interaction
This post proposes a lightweight context-switching layer applied over structured prompt frameworks such as LangGPT, allowing behavioural constraints to activate only when conversational context requires them. This reduces unnecessary response overhead in general-purpose LLM interaction.
Low-Dose Nicotine
Low-dose nicotine patches offer a calm, steady lift without the spikes of smoking or vaping. This guide explains why matrix patches can be cut into small pieces, how people use quarter, eighth and sixteenth portions, and what the research says about focus, mood and physical comfort.
Foundations of Honest Money: Trade, Value, and the Case for Trust in Modern Specie
Executive Summary Before we can determine whether one design is more beneficial to trade than another, we must first understand what trade is. This includes… Read More »Foundations of Honest Money: Trade, Value, and the Case for Trust in Modern Specie