Personal blog · Est. 2021

Ideas worth
writing down

I write about software, systems thinking, and the occasional rabbit hole that keeps me up at night.

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Why I stopped using Docker for everything

Sometimes a plain process is just better. An honest look at when containers add complexity instead of removing it.

May 10, 2025 · 7 min
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On learning slowly in a fast-moving field

The pressure to keep up with every new framework is real. Here's how I think about depth vs breadth.

April 28, 2025 · 5 min
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TLS from scratch — what I learned building a tiny HTTPS server

I built a minimal HTTPS server to understand TLS handshakes properly. It was harder than I expected.

April 14, 2025 · 9 min
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Six months with Neovim — an honest review

I switched from VS Code in November. What I miss, what I don't, and whether the productivity gains are real.

March 30, 2025 · 6 min
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Building a split-tunnel setup that actually works

Routing some traffic through a VPN while keeping everything else local. The devil is in the routing table details.

March 18, 2025 · 8 min
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Why I keep a technical journal

Writing down what I'm learning has been one of the highest-ROI habits I've picked up. Here's the simple system I use.

March 5, 2025 · 4 min
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Hey, I'm Alex.

Software developer, tinkerer, and occasional writer. I spend most of my time thinking about systems, infrastructure, and how things work under the hood. This blog is my public notebook.