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    • PulseCheck Journal

      June 7, 2026•60 min read

      PulseCheck is a service monitoring platform and DevOps reference environment. It started as a showcase project, evolved into a real service, and now serves as my long-term lab for Kubernetes, automation, security, and infrastructure experiments.

      DockerKuberneteskindK3sK3dProjectShowcase
    • How I added a demo video to my GitHub README.md file

      October 12, 2025•4 min read

      I struggled to add a demo video to one of my repository’s README.md files because of GitHub’s strict conditions. But I finally managed to find a solution for it. You can read about it further in this writing

      GitHub
    • Journey of macpak

      October 5, 2025•17 min read

      The story behind creating and publishing macpak, which is my first CLI tool

      macpakCLIHomebrew
    • macpak Documentation

      October 4, 2025•14 min read

      The Documentation for macpak CLI tool

      macpakCLIDocumentationHomebrew
    • My Confusion Around the Way Homebrew Handles Formulas on macOS

      August 12, 2025•8 min read

      Homebrew is considered macOS's missing package manager. It has an unexpected behavior in how it links and locates some formulas. Here is my mental model of that.

      HomebrewSelf-Thoughts
    • Symmetric vs Asymmetric encryption

      July 7, 2025•5 min read

      A clear and practical explanation of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, what they are, how they differ, and how they’re used in the real world.

      EncryptionCryptographygpg
    • How Cookie Flags Actually Protect Your Sessions

      May 19, 2025•3 min read

      Breaking down the cookie flags that protect against XSS and CSRF

      Web SecurityCookies
    • What Are These HTTP Requests

      May 17, 2025•6 min read

      A beginner-friendly guide to understanding HTTP requests and the differences between HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2

      NetworkingWebHTTP
    • --allow-empty Git Flag (most people don’t know this exists)

      May 16, 2025•2 min read

      I found this cool trick to add empty commits with no changes, and here I talk about it along with common use cases

      GitGitHub
    • JavaScript objects: Memory references, clones, and gotchas

      May 15, 2025•2 min read

      A deep dive into how JavaScript handles objects in memory, covering reference assignment, nested objects, shallow cloning with spread syntax, and the subtle gotchas that cause unexpected mutations

      JavaScript
    • Vite over Create React App (CRA): The React team deprecating Create React App for new projects?

      February 16, 2025•9 min read

      React officially deprecated Create React App (CRA) in 2025. In this article, I dive into why CRA is no longer recommended, and why Vite is now the go-to tool for scaffolding new React projects.

      Web DevelopmentFrontendReactVite
    • Experimental commits on Git

      September 18, 2024

      I break down what experimental commits are, how to use them, how to save them, and explain some key Git concepts like HEAD, detached HEAD state, and more....

      Git
    • Different shell session types and shell programs in Unix / Linux

      September 4, 2024

      I walk you through the different shell session types like interactive login, non-login, and non-interactive shells, and how various shell programs like Bash and Zsh behave in each. If you’re serious about mastering the terminal, this one’s for you.....

      ShellTerminal
    • What is a monorepo?

      August 16, 2024

      I recently heard about a concept called monorepo and got curious about what it really means. So I decided to dig into it. This post covers what I learned along the way.

      Repository-related
    • Efficient way of looping through an array?

      July 25, 2024

      I used to get confused about when to use a traditional for loop vs forEach. Once I began exploring how these two really work, everything clicked. This is a breakdown of what I learned, how each one behaves and more...

      JavaScript
    • 7 - 1 pattern/architecture on Sass

      July 10, 2024

      I break down how to organize Sass projects using the 7-1 architecture, how I updated it with the modern module system, and some useful Sass functions and setups I personally use like rem/em converters and a constants map setup. I hope this will help you structure your Sass environment...

      Web DevelopmentSassFrontend
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