Tag: #deep-dive
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 254 posts
LLM Fine-Tuning 2026 Deep Dive — LoRA · QLoRA · DoRA · GaLore · Unsloth · Axolotl · TRL · PEFT · MLX-LM Complete Guide
In 2026, the LLM fine-tuning ecosystem has exploded from the simple adapters of LoRA into a sprawling tree — QLoRA at 4-bit, DoRA with weight decomposition, GaLore with gradient projection. Hugging Face PEFT 0.14 and TRL
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #llm-fine-tuning#lora#qlora#dora#galoreImage Formats in 2026 — AVIF / JPEG XL / WebP / HEIC / MozJPEG / QOI / Sharp / Squoosh Deep Dive
The 2026 web/mobile image stack in one read — AVIF, now universally supported and the de-facto modern standard; JPEG XL, dropped from Chrome in 2023 and restored in Safari 17 (Sept 2023) with a possible Chrome return und
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #image#avif#jpeg-xl#webp#heicE-commerce Platforms 2026 — Shopify (Hydrogen) / Medusa / Saleor / Vendure / WooCommerce / BigCommerce Deep Dive
A May 2026 snapshot of the e-commerce platform landscape. From Shopify (Hydrogen 2025 + Oxygen + Polaris) and the open-source headless camp (Medusa, Saleor, Vendure), to enterprise SaaS (WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe C
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #ecommerce#shopify#hydrogen#medusa#saleorLean 4 & Proof Assistants 2026 — mathlib / Rocq (formerly Coq) / Agda / Isabelle / FStar / AlphaProof / AIMO Deep Dive
In 2026, proof assistants are no longer a secret weapon of academia. Lean 4 has exploded since Leonardo de Moura moved to AWS; mathlib has crossed one million theorems and become a daily tool for first-rank mathematician
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #lean-4#lean#mathlib#rocq#coqHR & People Platforms 2026 — Rippling / Gusto / BambooHR / Deel / Remote / Lattice / Greenhouse / Ashby Deep Dive
In 2026 the HR/people platform market has fractured into six clear categories. HRIS (BambooHR/Personio), unified workforce (Rippling, Series F at $13.5B), Payroll (Gusto/ADP/Paychex/Paylocity), PEO (Justworks), Global EO
2026-05-16 · 26 min read #hr#hrtech#people-ops#rippling#gustoDrone Development & Autopilot in 2026 — PX4 / ArduPilot / DJI SDK / Skydio Autonomy / Pixhawk / MAVLink / QGroundControl / NVIDIA Isaac Drone Sim Deep Dive
PX4 Autopilot, ArduPilot, DJI Mobile/Onboard/Payload SDK, Skydio Autonomy, QGroundControl, Mission Planner, MAVLink, Pixhawk, Holybro, ModalAI VOXL, NVIDIA Jetson, Microsoft AirSim sunset (2023), NVIDIA Isaac Drone Sim,
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #drone#autopilot#px4#dronecode#ardupilotHardware HDL & Chip Design 2026 — SystemVerilog / Chisel / SpinalHDL / Amaranth / Yosys / Verilator / TinyTapeout / OpenROAD Deep Dive
The hardware description language (HDL) and chip-design landscape in 2026 is multi-layered. The industry standard is still Verilog/SystemVerilog, but UC Berkeleys Chisel has become the de facto choice for RISC-V cores li
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #hdl#hardware-design#chip-design#verilog#systemverilogDNS Providers & Privacy DNS 2026 — Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Route 53, Quad9, NextDNS, ControlD, Mullvad, Pi-hole, AdGuard Home Deep Dive
In 2026 DNS is not just name resolution. DoH (RFC 8484), DoT (RFC 7858), and DoQ (RFC 9250) are standard; ODoH hides the client IP; HTTPS/SVCB records (RFC 9460) close the first HTTP/3 handshake without a separate A/AAAA
2026-05-16 · 25 min read #english#dns#cloudflare-dns#route-53#quad9GraphQL Ecosystem 2026 — Apollo / GraphOS / Yoga / urql / Relay / Pothos / Hasura DDN Deep Dive
In May 2026, after the "GraphQL is dead" tweetstorm has swept through and faded, GraphQL is still very much alive. Apollo Server 5 / Client 4 remain the standard, and GraphOS is the de-facto choice for managed federation
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #graphql#apollo#graphos#graphql-yoga#urqliPaaS & Workflow Automation 2026 Complete Guide - Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, Workato, Tray.io, Boomi, MuleSoft, Windmill Deep Dive
A complete map of the iPaaS and workflow automation ecosystem in May 2026. Covers Zapier, Make, n8n, and Pipedream for user-friendly automation, Workato, Tray.io, Boomi, and MuleSoft for enterprise iPaaS, Windmill, Activ
2026-05-16 · 28 min read #ipaas#zapier#make#n8n#pipedreamDevOps PaaS Platforms 2026 — Vercel / Fly.io / Render / Railway / Coolify / Dokploy / Kamal Deep Dive
The 2026 PaaS market split into three lanes. Managed (Vercel, Fly, Render, Railway, Cloudflare, Netlify), open-source self-hosted (Coolify, Dokploy, Caprover, Easypanel), and roll-your-own on a VPS (Kamal 2). This piece
2026-05-16 · 20 min read #paas#devops#vercel#fly-io#renderInternal Developer Platforms (IDPs) in 2026 — Backstage / Port / OpsLevel / Cortex / Compass / Roadie Deep Dive
A 2026 map of the Internal Developer Platform market. Backstage graduating from the CNCF, Spotifys commercial Portal package, Roadie as managed Backstage, Ports opinionated SaaS, the OpsLevel/Cortex scorecard duel, Atlas
2026-05-16 · 15 min read #idp#internal-developer-platform#platform-engineering#backstage#portGeospatial Stack 2026 Deep Dive — PostGIS, MapLibre, Mapbox, deck.gl, Kepler.gl, Protomaps, Overture Maps, H3, S2
A complete tour of the 2026 geospatial stack. Data sources (OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps, Mapbox, Google), web map libraries (MapLibre GL JS, Mapbox GL v3, deck.gl, Kepler.gl, Leaflet, OpenLayers, CesiumJS), spatial data
2026-05-16 · 28 min read #geospatial#gis#postgis#maplibre#mapboxIndie Hacking & Monetization Tools 2026 — Gumroad / Lemon Squeezy / Polar / Stripe Atlas / Paddle / FastSpring / Kit Deep Dive
A May 2026 map of indie-hacker monetization tools. Covers digital-goods platforms (Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy after the Stripe acquisition in Oct 2024, Polar as open-source MoR), Merchants of Record (Stripe Atlas, Paddle, Fa
2026-05-16 · 29 min read #indie-hacking#monetization#gumroad#lemon-squeezy#polarDecentralized & Federated Social Networks 2026 — Mastodon / Bluesky / Nostr / Lemmy / Pixelfed / PeerTube / Misskey / Sharkey / Threads (ActivityPub) Deep-Dive
The social-network map of 2026 can no longer be drawn as "Twitter, Facebook, Instagram." Twitter became X, and the people who left scattered across three different protocols — Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr. The Reddit IPO
2026-05-16 · 20 min read #decentralized-social#fediverse#mastodon#bluesky#at-protocolFrontend Testing 2026 — Playwright / Cypress / Vitest / Jest / Storybook 9 / Chromatic Deep Comparison
May 2026, the landscape of frontend testing has shifted completely. Playwright is the de facto standard (VS Code integration, Trace Viewer, mature Component Testing); Cypress 14 is still strong but losing share. Vitest 3
2026-05-16 · 27 min read #testing#frontend#playwright#cypress#vitestImage Hosting & CDN 2026 — Cloudinary / ImageKit / Bunny CDN / Imgix / Cloudflare Images / jsDelivr / Vercel next/image / ImageFlux Deep-Dive Comparison
Image hosting and CDN split into four lanes in 2026. Cloudinary cemented its lead with AI-powered generative transforms; ImageKit, Bunny CDN, Imgix, and Cloudflare Images compete on price, performance, and DX. AWS CloudF
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #image-cdn#image-hosting#cloudinary#imagekit#bunny-cdnData Lakehouse & Modern Data Engineering 2026 — Iceberg / Delta / Hudi / Paimon / Tabular (Databricks acquisition) / Trino / Spark 4 / Flink 2 / DataFusion Deep Dive
Data engineering in 2026 is no longer the era of "data warehouse vs data lake." Apache Iceberg emerged as the winner of the 2024-25 table format war — Netflix, Apple, LinkedIn, Stripe, Airbnb all converged on it. Databri
2026-05-16 · 30 min read #data-engineering#data-lakehouse#apache-iceberg#delta-lake#apache-hudiForm builders 2026 — Typeform, Tally, Formspree, JotForm, Paperform, React Hook Form deep-dive
A map of the small universe called "the form" in 2026. SaaS builders (Typeform, JotForm, Paperform, FillOut), the free champions (Tally, Google Forms, Microsoft Forms), developer-friendly form backends (Formspree, Formsp
2026-05-16 · 18 min read #form-builder#forms#typeform#tally#formspreeHTML Email Development in 2026 — Maizzle / MJML / react-email / Postmark Templates / Foundation for Emails / Cerberus Deep Dive
HTML email in 2026 is still the absurd place where 1998 table layouts, 2024 dark mode quirks, and 2026 React JSX collide in the same file. Resend has made react-email the de-facto standard for indie startups, but Maizzle
2026-05-16 · 22 min read #email#html-email#maizzle#mjml#react-email