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Kernels, schedulers, operating systems, and protocols: deep dives into how systems operate under the hood.

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Oct 03, 2026 · 10 min read

Putting Time Machine on a Storage Budget

I share a 2 TB external SSD between everyday project files and macOS backups. When Time Machine crossed 700 GB with no sign of slowing down, I needed a way to set a hard boundary. Here is how APFS containers, tmutil, and macOS permissions work together to cap it.

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Feb 25, 2025 · 4 min read

MCP and A2A Are Layers, Not Rivals

The consolidation under open standards settled the protocol question. MCP solves tool access; A2A solves agent collaboration. Here is how they stack in production.

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Feb 22, 2025 · 3 min read

Why I'm Excited About MCP

A standard way to hand a model your files, your tools, and your prompts, without custom glue code holding it all together.

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Jan 05, 2025 · 2 min read

OpenAI Wants to Build Its Own AI Chips

There are not enough GPUs to go around, so the company behind ChatGPT is looking at making the hardware itself.

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Sep 20, 2024 · 2 min read

Windows to Linux: What Changed in How I Work

I started on Windows 10 and 11 and thought I had everything I needed. Then the projects got complex enough to show me otherwise.

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Sep 05, 2024 · 3 min read

Why C++ Still Matters: The Backbone of High-Performance AI and Systems

From llama.cpp and TensorRT to low-latency game engines, modern C++ remains the undisputed champion of bare-metal control and zero-cost abstractions.

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Mar 04, 2023 · 2 min read

How to Install MySQL on Kali Linux

Kali ships with MariaDB, and it conflicts with MySQL. Here is the sequence that finally worked for me.

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Mar 04, 2023 · 2 min read

Fixing the Legacy trusted.gpg Keyring Warning on apt update

Copying the keyring into trusted.gpg.d silences the warning. Scoping the key to the one repository that needs it is the fix apt actually wants.

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Feb 17, 2023 · 2 min read

Choosing an Operating System for Programming

There is no single best answer. It depends on your preferences, your languages, and the tools you work with.

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Feb 17, 2023 · 2 min read

Why Programmers Keep Choosing Linux

Open source, stable, and built around the command line. What makes Linux a good place to develop.

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