CSS
CSS Scroll-Driven Animations
In this post, we'll explore what scroll-driven animations are, how they work, and practical patterns you can use today to replace scroll-heavy JavaScript with pure CSS.
Majid Hussain
NonSoftwareTech
The Insta360 Mic Pro: Why a Microphone Needs an E-ink Display
Insta360's Mic Pro is a wireless microphone with an industry-first E-ink display, turning invisible status into instantly visible information. A hardware design lesson every developer should study.
Gollama - The llama.cpp Instance Manager You Didn't Know You Needed
If you run local LLMs with llama.cpp, you know the drill: downloading GGUF models by hand, memorizing flags for llama-server, juggling multiple terminal tabs across different ports, and context-switching between a CLI and whatever chat frontend you're using.
System Design
Event-Driven Architecture: The Scalable Backbone of Modern Microservices
Event-driven architecture is no longer optional for scaling microservices — it's the structural backbone that enables team autonomy, real-time AI pipelines, and fault isolation. Here's what patterns matter in production and how to avoid the most common pitfalls.
devops
Pulumi vs Terraform: The IaC Showdown Has a New Chapter
An in-depth comparison of Pulumi and Terraform in 2026, covering their core philosophy differences, language support, ecosystem maturity, and the game-changing "do" feature — helping teams decide which IaC tool fits their workflow.
AI
Local LLM Inference: Ollama vs vLLM
A practical comparison of Ollama and vLLM for local LLM inference in 2026 — covering continuous batching, PagedAttention, throughput benchmarks, and a decision framework to pick the right engine for your workload.
SoftwareEngineering
Testing AI-Generated Code: A Practical Engineering Guide for 2026
AI-generated code passes syntax checks but introduces subtle logic errors and security gaps. Here is a practical three-layer strategy — static analysis, property-based testing, and elevated human review — to maintain quality without scaling headcount in 2026.
frontend
Modern CSS Features Every Frontend Dev Should Use in 2026
Native CSS features like container queries, nesting, :has(), and cascade layers have reached universal browser support. Here's what actually matters for frontend devs in 2026 and how to stop reaching for preprocessors you don't need anymore.
Gadgets
Modular Outdoor Robots: One Platform for Every Season
One modular robot. Four seasons of yard work. The 2026 wave of modular outdoor robots — from Yarbo's CES debut to Dreame's AI mapping — is replacing an entire shed full of single-purpose machines with one intelligent platform that swaps tools automatically.
OpenSource
Building gollama: A Single-Binary llama.cpp Instance Manager
Why I built gollama — a single Go binary that manages llama.cpp instances with full flag control, multi-GPU support, and a web UI. Honest account of the technical decisions behind building an open-source LLM inference manager for self-hosters.
devops
Container Security Best Practices for 2026
70% of containers live for five minutes or less, making runtime security nearly impossible without a shift-left approach. This guide covers six high-impact container security practices every engineering team should adopt in 2026.
AI/ML
Agentic AI Workflows: Building Autonomous Systems That Actually Ship
Agentic AI has shifted from hype to production-ready workflows in 2026. This post covers what makes an AI "agentic," the architecture stack, practical patterns like multi-agent swarms and human-in-the-loop pipelines, and how to build your first reliable agent without falling into common pitfalls.