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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 592 posts
Markdown Presentation Tools 2026 — Deep Dive into Marp, Slidev, RevealJS, Spectacle, Gamma, Beautiful.ai, iA Presenter
The 2026 landscape of presentation tools has shifted. Marp (Microsoft) and Slidev (Anthony Fu) are now the two pillars of developer presentations, while RevealJS endures as the OG. In the React camp, Spectacle gained gro
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #presentation#slides#markdown#marp#slidevmacOS Power User Apps 2026 — Raycast / BetterDisplay / AltTab / AeroSpace / Loop / Hammerspoon / Karabiner / CleanShot X Deep Dive
The complete 2026 map of macOS power user tools — Raycast after Series B with first-class AI, Alfred as a legacy classic, BetterDisplay reviving HiDPI control, AltTab bringing Windows-style alt-tab, the window-manager sp
2026-05-16 · 32 min read #macos#power-user#raycast#alfred#betterdisplayFinOps / Cloud Cost Management 2026 — Vantage / Infracost / OpenCost / Kubecost / CloudZero Deep Dive
A single map of the 2026 FinOps landscape. The GenAI-driven explosion in GPU and inference cost, why the FinOps Foundation FOCUS spec became the de-facto common vocabulary, how Vantage took multi-cloud visibility, how In
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #finops#cloud-cost#vantage#infracost#opencostIoT Cloud Platforms in 2026 — AWS IoT Core / Azure IoT Hub / Particle / Arduino Cloud / ThingsBoard / Balena / Magistrala (Mainflux) Deep-Dive Comparison
The 2026 map of IoT cloud platforms is completely different from 2018. Google shut down Cloud IoT Core in August 2023, and IBM Watson IoT followed in August 2024. Among the hyperscalers, only AWS IoT Core (+Greengrass+De
2026-05-16 · 32 min read #iot#aws-iot-core#aws-greengrass#azure-iot-hub#azure-iot-edgeLocal AI & On-Device LLMs 2026 — Ollama · LM Studio · Jan · Msty · Open WebUI · GPT4All · AnythingLLM · Faraday Deep Dive
By May 2026, local AI is no longer a hobby. An M4 Max MacBook Pro runs Llama 4 Scout 109B MoE at 24 tokens per second. Desktop runtimes like Ollama, LM Studio, Jan, and Msty unify GUI and CLI, while Open WebUI, AnythingL
2026-05-16 · 23 min read #local-ai#on-device-llm#ollama#lm-studio#janFeature Flags & Experimentation Platforms 2026 — LaunchDarkly / Statsig / GrowthBook / Unleash / PostHog / OpenFeature Deep Dive
A map of the feature flag and experimentation platform landscape in 2026. OpenFeature became the CNCF standard; LaunchDarkly remains the enterprise leader; Statsig bundles flags + experimentation + analytics; open source
2026-05-16 · 23 min read #feature-flags#experimentation#ab-testing#launchdarkly#statsigIndustrial IoT (IIoT) 2026 Complete Guide - Siemens Insights Hub, AWS IoT, Azure Digital Twins, PTC ThingWorx, Litmus, Balena, Particle, GE Vernova Deep Dive
A complete look at the Industrial IoT (IIoT) stack as of May 2026: Siemens Industrial Edge plus Insights Hub (formerly MindSphere), GE Vernova/Predix, PTC ThingWorx plus Kepware, Hitachi Lumada, Schneider EcoStruxure, AB
2026-05-16 · 23 min read #industrial-iot#iiot#siemens#aws-iot#azure-digital-twinsLLM Observability & Prompt Tools 2026 — Helicone / LangSmith / Langfuse / Braintrust / Athina / Comet Opik / Portkey Deep Dive
The 2026 LLM ops map. Helicone (YC) · LangSmith (LangChain) · Langfuse (open source, Series A) · W&B Weave · Arize Phoenix · Braintrust · Athina · Comet Opik (released March 2025) · Vellum · PromptHub · Portkey AI Gatewa
2026-05-16 · 22 min read #llm-observability#prompt-engineering#helicone#langsmith#langchainIn-memory Caching & KV Stores in 2026 — Redis 8 / Valkey / KeyDB / Dragonfly / Memcached / Garnet (Microsoft) / Speedb Deep Dive
A snapshot of the great in-memory cache schism that Redis kicked off in March 2024 when it switched to RSALv2/SSPL — and where the dust has settled in May 2026. Redis 8 after the relicense, the Linux Foundation Valkey fo
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #caching#key-value-store#redis#valkey#keydbLLM 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#galoreEmail Infrastructure 2026 — Resend · Postmark · SendGrid · Mailgun · AWS SES · Loops · React Email · MJML Deep Dive
The full map of the 2026 email infrastructure landscape — the transactional market split between Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun, and AWS SES; the marketing space fragmented across Loops, Customer.io, Mailchimp, Klav
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #email-infrastructure#resend#postmark#sendgrid#mailgunImage 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#gustoKubernetes Certifications & Kubestronaut 2026 - The Complete Deep Dive Into CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, KCSA, and the CNCF Roadmap
A full 2026 map of CNCF certifications - exam formats and domains for KCNA, KCSA, CKA, CKAD, and CKS, the Kubestronaut and Golden Kubestronaut requirements, recommended study path, killer.sh and KodeKloud usage, cost/ren
2026-05-16 · 22 min read #english#kubernetes#cncf#cka#ckadDrone 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#urql