Moving Next.js Builds Off Production (and Why It Took Two Hours)
This site recently crossed an invisible but important threshold: the point where development activity started to materially interfere with production stabilit
Feb 10, 2026
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Notes, technical write-ups, experiments, and whatever else survives long enough to be written down.
Rebuilding the Nginx Logging Pipeline
Today I finally replaced the original nginx logging pipeline that has been running on this site since the beginning. When the site first went live, I needed im
Feb 9, 2026
Your Trial Has Ended: Let Us Rebuild the Ship (Not)
I recently fell down a perfectly respectable rabbit hole. It started innocently enough. An editor license renewal. A number that was higher than my tolerance.
Feb 8, 2026
The TV Is Cheap Because You Are the Ink
There was a time when printers became inexplicably cheap. You could buy an inkjet printer for less than the cost of a dinner. The reason was not generosity or
Feb 6, 2026
Dear TV Manufacturers: You Are Breaking Television and Billing Us for It
This is not about streaming existing. Streaming is fine. Choice is fine. What is not fine is quietly burying paid television service underneath your software a
Feb 6, 2026
AI Did Not Build This, Experience Did
Yesterday our CTO stopped by to look at a few parts of a new internal operations system we are building. At one point I said something like, “We have come a lon
Feb 4, 2026