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FEATURED ARTICLE•NOV 11, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

HTTP/2 Under the Hood: Frames, Streams, and Why Binary Wins

HTTP/2 sends binary frames with a fixed 9-byte header, and compresses with HPACK. Frames, stream IDs, static and dynamic tables and Huffman

#http2#hpack#netwroking#http#backend developments

HTTP/2 Under the Hood: Frames, Streams, and Why Binary Wins

NOV 08, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

The Slow Requests Weren’t My Code. I Just Couldn’t See the Network Locally

My app worked locally but was slow in production. Grafana showed why: two services were talking over a public address. Here’s what I learned.

#grafana#observability#devops##prometheus#kubernetes#backend development#internship

The Slow Requests Weren’t My Code. I Just Couldn’t See the Network Locally

OCT 27, 2026HACKATHON DIARIES

I Got Tired of Copying Anime to My TV, So I Built Veltrix

How I built Veltrix, a Rust and web app that moves files over your own Wi-Fi with no cloud and starts video on another screen before the copy finishes

#rust#javascript#networking#opensourceai

I Got Tired of Copying Anime to My TV, So I Built Veltrix

OCT 10, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

I Got Claude Code Max at My Internship. A Mod That Let Threads Talk Cut a 4-Hour Task to 2

I got Claude Code Max at my internship. Using a mod so parallel threads could coordinate cut a bug-fixing task from 3-4 hours to about 2.

#claude-code#ai-agent#developer tools#learning journey

I Got Claude Code Max at My Internship. A Mod That Let Threads Talk Cut a 4-Hour Task to 2

OCT 06, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

A Job Taught Me More in 2 Hours Than Books Taught Me in a Day

I'm not a reader, yet a real logging problem at work taught me more in 2 hours than a day of study. Here's how, and why I chose UUID

#system design#learning journey#backend developments

A Job Taught Me More in 2 Hours Than Books Taught Me in a Day

SEP 28, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

What My Internship Taught Me About How Developers Really Work

I thought developers just write prompts. My internship showed me the real work: architecture, constraints, and building things that scale.

#internship#software development#ai#architecture#career

What My Internship Taught Me About How Developers Really Work

SEP 05, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

How HTTP Works: What Happens After DNS Hands You an IP

Learn how HTTP evolved from HTTP/1.0 to HTTP/2 — persistent connections, pipelining, head-of-line blocking, ETags, and multiplexing explained simply.

#http#web development#tcp#http2#networking#backend development

How HTTP Works: What Happens After DNS Hands You an IP

SEP 01, 2026PROJECT LOGS

Audio, Subtitles, and the Backend Nobody Sees An update from Building a Distributed Media Platform from Scratch

How I rebuilt my media platform's backend to extract, verify, and sync multi-language audio and subtitles per episode.

#backend development#node.js#devops#github actions#sefl host#learn in public#streaming

Audio, Subtitles, and the Backend Nobody Sees An update from Building a Distributed Media Platform from Scratch

AUG 27, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Learning Go, Week 4: Functions, Methods, Defer, and File Handling

Week 4 of learning Go: variadic functions, value vs pointer receivers, how defer's LIFO stack works, and basic file create/write/read.

#golang#go language##learninpublic#build in public#file handling#functions

Learning Go, Week 4: Functions, Methods, Defer, and File Handling

AUG 23, 2026PROJECT LOGS

CodeAtlas: How a College AST Project Became My First Open-Source MCP Tool

The honest origin story of CodeAtlas — from a college project on code intelligence to an MCP tool built to fix my own vibe-coding token waste.

#open source#mcp#ai-agent##learninpublic

CodeAtlas: How a College AST Project Became My First Open-Source MCP Tool

AUG 23, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

How DNS Works: From a Name to an IP, One Hop at a Time

A deep dive into DNS resolution — recursive resolvers, root/TLD/authoritative servers, caching, and record types like A, MX, CNAME, and TXT.

#dns#networking#learning journey#dns resolver

How DNS Works: From a Name to an IP, One Hop at a Time

AUG 17, 2026PROJECT LOGS

Direct-to-S3: Rebuilding Uploads for the Media Platform

Rebuilding upload from a server proxy to a direct browser-to-S3 flow — signed chunks, auto-resume, real bugs fixed, and why it's admin-only for now.

#system design#backend#learning journey#build in public

Direct-to-S3: Rebuilding Uploads for the Media Platform

AUG 16, 2026THE ARCHITECTURE LAB

I Started Learning MCP — Let's See Where This Goes

Why MCP exists, what it actually is, and a hands-on walkthrough building a raw JSON-RPC client plus an SDK client against a real MCP server.

#mcp#ai-agent##learning-in-public#build in public##json rpc#node.js#system design

I Started Learning MCP — Let's See Where This Goes

AUG 15, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Learning Go, Week 3: Maps, Control Flow, and Structs

Week 3 of learning Go — maps, if/else, switch, continue, break, and structs as Go's alternative to classes.

#go language#golang#backend developments#learning journey

Learning Go, Week 3: Maps, Control Flow, and Structs

AUG 12, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

TCP in Motion: MTU, MSS, PMTUD, Flow Control, and Congestion Control

How MTU, MSS, and PMTUD size TCP segments, and how Flow Control and Congestion Control pace how much data a sender can put in flight.

#networking#tcp#flow-control#congestion control#computer networking#learning journey

TCP in Motion: MTU, MSS, PMTUD, Flow Control, and Congestion Control

AUG 10, 2026PROJECT LOGS

The MVP Is Live: Stream Anything Through Telegram, No App Required

The MVP is live inside Telegram — stream movies, anime, and web series instantly, no app or account needed. Try it and tell me what breaks.

##learning-in-public#build in public#system design#telegram bot

The MVP Is Live: Stream Anything Through Telegram, No App Required

AUG 10, 2026PROJECT LOGS

Making My Portfolio Readable by AI Agents: A WebMCP Deep Dive

How I added WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol) to my Next.js portfolio — the manifest, the browser and server layers.

#webmcp#next.js#aiagent#mcp#learn in public

Making My Portfolio Readable by AI Agents: A WebMCP Deep Dive

AUG 03, 2026PROJECT LOGS

The Blueprint As It Stood: Hosting, CDN, and Security Decisions

A decoupled Koyeb, Upstash & Oracle Cloud stack for a self-hosted streaming platform — CDN caching and reverse proxy security, all on free tiers.

#system design#distributed system#cloud architecture#docker#cdn#mongo#kafka#message queue##pods

The Blueprint As It Stood: Hosting, CDN, and Security Decisions

AUG 02, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Understanding TCP — Segments, Sequence Numbers & Connection Termination

How TCP establishes reliable connections, what's inside a TCP segment header, how ACK numbers enable reordering, and how the 4-way close works.

#computer networking#tcp/ip#networking#tcp handshake#tcp header#learning journey#build in public

Understanding TCP — Segments, Sequence Numbers & Connection Termination

JUL 30, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Learning Go, Week 2: Time, Memory Management, Pointers, and Slices

Week 2 of learning Go: the time package, new() vs make(), how pointers work, and the difference between arrays and slices.

#go language#golang#backend developments#program#learn in public#memory-management#pointer

Learning Go, Week 2: Time, Memory Management, Pointers, and Slices

JUL 27, 2026PROJECT LOGS

Tests, Trust, and Shows: Hardening the Pipeline and Teaching It About Series/Anime and Movies

Part 4: a real CI/testing stack, then a schema rework so the platform understands TV shows and anime as series, not disconnected movies.

#pipeline#cicdpipeline#hls#imdb data scraper#node.js#mongodb#playwright

Tests, Trust, and Shows: Hardening the Pipeline and Teaching It About Series/Anime and Movies

JUL 26, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Routing, ICMP & the UDP Datagram — How Data Travels, Gets Diagnosed, and Moves Fast

How routers and switches move data, how ping and traceroute use ICMP and TTL to diagnose it, and why UDP's 8-byte header is built for speed.

#routing#icmp#traceroute#udp#datagram#ping#tcp/ip-model#netwroking#computer networking#learning journey##learning-in-public

Routing, ICMP & the UDP Datagram — How Data Travels, Gets Diagnosed, and Moves Fast

JUL 23, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Coming from Node.js to Go : What Week Actually Taught Me

My first week learning Go after working with Node.js. I explore Go's compiled , toolchain, modules, types, zero values,, constants, and handling time.

#golang#node#gtools##gopath#learning journey##learninpublic

Coming from Node.js to Go : What Week Actually Taught Me

JUL 23, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

How ARP Works & What Makes OSI and TCP/IP Models Different

A practical walkthrough of how ARP resolves IP to MAC addresses, plus how the OSI 7-layer model maps to the 4-layer TCP/IP model actually used

#networking#arp#osi model#tcp#computer networking#learning journey##learning-in-public

How ARP Works & What Makes OSI and TCP/IP Models Different

JUL 20, 2026PROJECT LOGS

From Filenames to Metadata: Teaching the Platform What It's Actually Streaming

IMDb metadata, structured audio/subtitle tracks, and dropping a redundant database — Part 3 of building a distributed media platform from scratch.

#metadata#mongo#ffmpeg#docker#backend development#system design

From Filenames to Metadata: Teaching the Platform What It's Actually Streaming

JUL 19, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Default Gateways, MAC Addresses & IP vs MAC — How Data Actually Finds Its Way Home

How default gateways route traffic between networks, how MAC addresses are structured, and why networking needs both IP and MAC addresses to work.

#default-gateway#ip#mac#ip-vs-mac#computer networking#routing#networking

Default Gateways, MAC Addresses & IP vs MAC — How Data Actually Finds Its Way Home

JUL 14, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

IP Addressing, CIDR & Subnet Masks — How Devices Know They're on the Same Network

A practical breakdown of dotted-decimal IP notation, CIDR notation, and how subnet masks use bitwise AND to determine if two devices share a network

#networking#ip#subnet#lan#network#cidr#communication#ip addressing#local area network

IP Addressing, CIDR & Subnet Masks — How Devices Know They're on the Same Network

JUL 13, 2026PROJECT LOGS

From Bot to Backend: Turning a Video Upload into an Adaptive Stream

Part 2 of my media platform series: how a Telegram bot upload becomes an FFmpeg-transcoded, HLS adaptive-bitrate stream — from ingest to playback.

#telegram#media server#video streaming#video transcoding architecture#system design#docker#ffmpeg##hlsstreaming#video transcoding service

From Bot to Backend: Turning a Video Upload into an Adaptive Stream

JUL 10, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

What Really Happens When You Make an HTTP Request?

Ever wondered what happens after you call fetch()? A beginner-friendly breakdown of how HTTP requests travel from browser to server, step by step.

#networking#http requests#http#tcp#tcp-ip#learn in public

What Really Happens When You Make an HTTP Request?

JUL 07, 2026PROJECT LOGS

How a Simple Question Took Me to Building a Media Platform

I got curious about how Telegram bots work, and ended up designing an entire media platform for my scattered movies and anime.

#telegram bot#telegram#backend#system design#system architecture#build in public#learning journey

MAR 25, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Am I Becoming a Copy-Paste Machine? What Education Taught Me (and What It Didn’t)

Explore the difference between real understanding and rote learning in modern education, and how students can balance exams with critical thinking.

#education#learning#self-learning##student life#study #critical thinking#education-system#personal growth

Am I Becoming a Copy-Paste Machine? What Education Taught Me (and What It Didn’t)

MAR 04, 2026HACKATHON DIARIES

Building an AI-Powered Hospital Infection Intelligence System in 24 Hours

During the 24-hour offline round of CODE:AUTOMATA Ver 2.1 at CSMIT, our team worked on a high-impact healthcare challenge: HC-2: Digital Contact Tracing…

#ai#sql#mongodb#neo4j#hospitals#hackathon

Building an AI-Powered Hospital Infection Intelligence System in 24 Hours

FEB 13, 2026WEEKLY UPDATES

Cloud Native Rebuild – Week 0: Restarting Docker from the Basics

Learn Docker fundamentals, solve "works on my machine" issues, and prepare for Kubernetes in cloud-native development

#docker#cloud native#docker images#docker compose#virtual machine#docker-workflow

Cloud Native Rebuild – Week 0: Restarting Docker from the Basics

FEB 13, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#Week 0 — Introduction & Vision

A student learns deep learning and Information Retrieval by building a search engine, gaining real-world understanding and hands-on experience

#web search engine#search#search engines#information retrieval

FEB 02, 2026PROJECT LOGS

SetFiles : An AI-Based File Organizer (Week 0)

Discover SetFiles, an AI-based tool that organizes files by content, saving time and effort. Explore its features, benefits, and project journey

#file organization#ai#svm#automation#setfile

FEB 02, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#week 9 — Correctness, Change Detection & Graph Integrity (Final CodeAtlas Blog)

Final CodeAtlas blog explores system integrity, idempotency, and architecture for robust development and seamless user experience

#notebook llm#graph explosion b#setfile #codeatlas#bugs and errors#documentation#lingo#lingo.dev

#week 9 — Correctness, Change Detection & Graph Integrity (Final CodeAtlas Blog)

FEB 01, 2026HACKATHON DIARIES

From Broken Subtitles to a Universal Video Script Platform

A platform transforms video translation by generating accurate scripts for multilingual subtitles, enhancing global accessibility and understanding

#lingo.dev#universal video script platform#uniscript#subtitle generator#audio-to-text#hackathon#journey#lingo

From Broken Subtitles to a Universal Video Script Platform

JAN 27, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#week 8 — UML Diagrams, Pipeline Integration & Lessons from Real Full-Stack Problems

Week 8 at CodeAtlas covers UML diagrams, pipeline integration, full-stack problem-solving, architecture visualization, and debugging insights

#pipeline#codeatlas#uml diagrams#full stack development#google antigravity#cores

JAN 21, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#week 7 — File Exploration, AI Intelligence & Preparing for the Final Stretch

Explore how CodeAtlas enhanced user interaction with focused graph navigation and AI improvements while navigating academic priorities in Week 7

#codeatlas#react#code analysis#ai#github

#week 7 — File Exploration, AI Intelligence & Preparing for the Final Stretch

JAN 21, 2026HACKATHON DIARIES

Our First UIDAI Hackathon Experience: Pressure, Problems, and Persistence

First-time hackathon team tackles UIDAI Hackathon challenges through teamwork, problem-solving, and perseverance despite technical hurdles

#hackathon#uidai

Our First UIDAI Hackathon Experience: Pressure, Problems, and Persistence

JAN 16, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#week 6 — Frontend Graphs, Visual Clarity & Data Consistency Battles

Week 6 focused on frontend graph visualization, data consistency, visual clarity, and fixing repo-switching issues to improve usability

#neo4j#data-consistency#search#visualization#legend#learning#learn in public#bugs and errors#frontend development

#week 6 — Frontend Graphs, Visual Clarity & Data Consistency Battles

JAN 07, 2026PROJECT LOGS

#week 5 — Scaling, Stability & Production Reality Checks

Enhancing CodeAtlas with GitHub API fixes, better graph APIs, centralized logging, data integrity, and thorough production readiness review

#google#antigravity,ide#ai#security checklist#logging#scalability#bottleneck

#week 5 — Scaling, Stability & Production Reality Checks

DEC 26, 2025PROJECT LOGS

#week 4 — Taming Logs, ASTs, and Graphs

Explore building a repo parser, handling Node.js quirks, normalizing ASTs, and graph challenges with Neo4j in CodeAtlas's adventurous week

#logging#event loop in js#nodemon#node.js event loop#graph#neo4j#chatgpt#api#abstract syntax tree#github#githubapi#ratelimting#codebase

DEC 22, 2025PROJECT LOGS

#week 3 — Diving Into GitHub APIs, Visualizing Logs in Grafana & Adding Repo File Processing

CodeAtlas Week 3 devlog covering GitHub API integration, Grafana log visualization, repo file filtering, Kafka pipelines, and rate-limit handling.

#logging#grafana#file-processing#github api#logs

#week 3 — Diving Into GitHub APIs, Visualizing Logs in Grafana & Adding Repo File Processing

DEC 15, 2025PROJECT LOGS

#week 2 — Building a Simple but Powerful Logging System for CodeAtlas

Discover how I designed and implemented a lightweight but powerful logging system for CodeAtlas. This week’s update covers the architecture, features…

#logging system#real-time logs#logging#sql#structure#logs

#week 2 — Building a Simple but Powerful Logging System for CodeAtlas

AUG 26, 2025THE ARCHITECTURE LAB

Git Epiphany: How an Outdated main Branch Turned My Solo Dev World Upside Down!

Learn how keeping your main branch updated in Git can transform your solo development workflow and enhance project efficiency

##git #github #development #coding #softwareengineering #versioncontrol #techlessons##git #github #versioncontrol #softwaredevelopment #programming #developerlife #learninginpublic