NaN's Blog

AI lowered the barrier to starting.

I used AI to fix a phone system I barely understood.

I spent two years working for myself.

How I collapsed a Mac, Ubuntu laptop, headless Windows PC, iPhone, and Android tablet into a single ergonomic workspace.

The old joke was that JavaScript got a new framework every week.

A ghost PufferPanel service, 91 GB of orphaned Docker volumes, and Apple's simulator runtimes all taught me the same thing: software keeps charging rent long after the product says it's gone.

AI agents are quietly changing what 'contributing to open source' means.

Why the inevitable AI crash will trigger a golden age for builders, based on the Carlota Perez framework and the 'Linux Effect'.

Remediation guide for CVE-2026-24839, CVE-2026-24840, and CVE-2026-24841.

How OpenCode's free models shifted my workflow from 'cost-anxiety' to 'unlimited experimentation,' making my AI-assisted development more stable and ambitious.

Solving a mysterious case of display flickering and signal loss on a Windows machine connected via a budget KVM switch.

Reflecting on the trade-offs between local-first architecture and development velocity, and choosing a hybrid path forward.

A deep dive into why export GPG_TTY=$(tty) was duplicating in .zshrc, causing massive terminal slowdowns, and how to fix it by finding the culprit in .zprofile.

Ever had an inspiring moment where you feel like you've unlocked your 'real' self - only to watch it fade days later?

Explore the power and pitfalls of abstraction in software, why perfect wrappers are impossible, and how escape hatches empower both beginners and experts.

A reflection on how the mediums we use, from architectural blueprints to programming languages, shape our thinking and the artifacts we create.

How test-first workflows make AI agents more powerful and reliable for software development

I inherited a messy codebase and spent a week building complex detection systems and tiered build configs.

A cautionary tale about the dangers of removing seemingly innocent UI elements from production code.

Learn how to streamline deployments and self-host services using Dokploy, a flexible and developer-centric platform.

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