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2026 • 08
CXMT Could Finally Ease the DDR5 Crunch
MSI’s latest BIOS adds support for CXMT DDR5 memory, bringing another DRAM supplier into the consumer PC market.
2026 • 07
Introducing Chromatica, My Colour Catalogue
Chromatica is a collaborative colour catalogue that helps designers and developers organise, name, search and share colours beyond simple HEX codes.
2026 • 07
The Quiet Leak Inside Your Browser
Taken shows how much data your browser exposes before you do anything, from IP location to canvas, fonts, GPU and screen fingerprints.
2026 • 06
The Chatbot Is the New Carousel
Clients used to ask for carousels. Now they ask for AI chatbots. The technology changed. The motivation didn’t.
2026 • 06
My ZSH Setup Built Around Workflow
The Zsh setup I use daily for development, deployments, reporting and server management across multiple projects.
2026 • 06
Three Ways to Save on Claude Code Tokens
Headroom compresses context, Ponytail trims code output, and Recall remembers across sessions to reduce Claude token use for coding agents.
2026 • 06
Building Dark-Mode Emails That Works
A practical guide to MJML, dark mode implementation, logo switching, and why every email client does something different.
2026 • 06
I Rewrote My 2012 Music Player Last Month
Project Apollo ran as a static HTML page for 13 years. Last month I rebuilt it — two deployments, one codebase, Docker and no build step.
2026 • 06
When Your Open Source Tool Becomes a Phishing Relay
A developer woke up to a Resend quota alert. 942 bot accounts had used his open source tool's invitation feature to phish 14,520 people. No exploit required.
2026 • 05
Makefile for Deployments and Dev Workflows
A single Makefile replaces scattered shell scripts, reads .env to switch environments, and gives every project a consistent command interface.
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