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📘 NGINX by Example — Volume 1

A field manual for real-world NGINX deployments.

_{Tested patterns. Paperback and Kindle available now.}

⚙️ Skeletor — Scaffolding Reimagined

A blazing-fast Rust CLI to scaffold project structures and capture snapshots with YAML config files.

• 📦 skeletor apply to generate files from YAML
• 🧠 skeletor snapshot to capture existing directories
• ⚡ Fast, repeatable, and human-readable project bootstraps

📚 My Latest Articles

Yes, you can Blog from your Localhost WordPress on iPhone.

18 May 2025
Access your local WordPress site from your iPhone using ZeroTier or Tailscale. Blog from anywhere securely, privately & with no cloud in sight

The Invisible CDN We Built for Display Pics

23 Apr 2025
We built a dynamic display picture system in 2012 using X-Accel-Redirect and NGINX, serving fresh content with static-like speed, without a full CDN stack.

The Editorial Engine: A Technologist’s Pilgrimage

16 Apr 2025
What if the reason you’re not writing isn’t discipline, but design? A technologist reflects on blogging, voice, and where it all begins.

👨 Open Source Contributions

terrehbyte/awesome-devblogs

• Added geekist.co

run-llama/llama_index 🌟

• ChatGPT Conversations Reader

rossrobino/robino 🌟

• Add Support for Custom Language Grammars in processMarkdown (Fixes #11)
• Add Support for Custom Language Grammars in processMarkdown

weaviate/Verba 🌟

• Created an OpenAPI spec document
• Contributing an OpenAPI spec document

jasonnathan/Verba 🌟

• #275 Created openapi.json

orbitdb/orbitdb 🌟

• Update GETTING_STARTED.md

transformerlab/transformerlab-app 🌟

• Running an mlx_server on an imported mlx model fails

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