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Moving from Vercel to Hetzner with Coolify: the guides are quoting dead prices
Almost every "move from Vercel to Hetzner with Coolify" guide was written in 2025. Hetzner raised cloud prices twice in 2026, and the exact server those guides name now costs 144% more. Here are the real numbers and the plan to pick instead.
6 Aug 2026 · Docker · 10 min read
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How I Run Claude Cowork and Obsidian as My Second Brain
My real setup for turning Claude Cowork plus an Obsidian vault into a working second brain: how I capture project ideas, keep notes that the AI actually reads, and never repeat myself across sessions.
10,000 fake GitHub repos are pushing malware. Here's how to spot one
A June 2026 campaign cloned 10,000 GitHub repos with real commit history and contributor names, then hid malware behind a README download link. Here's how it works and how to not get burned.
7 Best n8n Alternatives in 2026 (Honest, No Affiliates)
I self-hosted n8n for months and hit the license wall. Here are 7 real alternatives, from Activepieces (MIT) to Windmill (code-first), with the trade-offs nobody mentions.
Microservices won't fix a bad monolith. They multiply it
Breaking up a messy monolith doesn't fix the design. It spreads the same bad design across the network. Here's why modular monoliths come first.
Your docs are now infrastructure for AI coding agents
Documentation used to be for the next developer. Now it is what every AI coding agent reads before it touches your code. Here is what to write and why.
Why the Best Portfolio Doesn't Mean the Best Developer
A portfolio shows what a project looked like, never what it did for the client. Here's what to look at instead before you hire anyone to build your product.
Why building everything your power users ask for kills your product
Power users give the most feedback and ask for the most features. Build all of it and you slowly lock everyone else out. Here is the filter I run requests through instead.
Why your developer has been "80% done" for 3 weeks
The first 80% of a feature is one easy path. The last 20% is hundreds of ways it can break, and that's where the time goes.
Astro 7 is here, and it's all about build speed
Astro 7 rewrote the compiler in Rust, moved Markdown to a Rust pipeline, and shipped Vite 8. Builds are 15 to 61 percent faster. Here's what to upgrade now.
How I Build in Public Without Wrecking My Deep Work
My actual system for sharing work consistently as a lead engineer: how I capture ideas, post without breaking focus, and keep social media from eating my day.
TypeScript 7 is written in Go now. Here's what it means for your stack
TypeScript 7.0 RC is here, rewritten in Go and about 10x faster than 6.0. What's actually new, whether you should upgrade, and the one migration gotcha to plan for.
Connect Claude to WordPress in 5 minutes with application passwords
WordPress application passwords let Claude read, draft, and edit your site over the REST API. No plugin, no code. Here is the setup, the security framing, and the one gotcha that trips people up.
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