Build vs buy: software licensing for .NET (2026)
Build it yourself only if your licensing needs are genuinely trivial and will stay that way; buy it the moment you need seats, revocation, trials, o…
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How to add software licensing to a .NET app
To add licensing to a .NET app you issue a signed license key from a server, embed the matching public key in your app, and verify that key offline…
Hackathons in India for students: where to look and how to pick
In one year I competed at IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSJMU and a community event run by MeetKats. They were all different in format, seriousness and w…
Running ML models in the browser with ONNX Runtime Web: a practical guide
FaceVision does face detection, recognition and liveness checks without sending a single frame to a server, because every model runs in the browser…
Ten fine-tuning mistakes I see students make (and made myself)
I built FineTune Studio after making most of these mistakes on my own runs. They are not exotic. They are the difference between "I fine-tuned a mod…
How to evaluate a RAG system: recall, faithfulness and the questions that matter
You cannot improve a RAG system you are not measuring, and "I asked it five questions and it seemed fine" is not measuring. Every serious change I m…
Caching Strategies Explained: From Browser to Database, and the Stale Data in Between
HTTP caching, cache-aside, write-through, Redis patterns, and cache invalidation — plus the stale data problems. The Request That Cost $100,000 In 2…
Web Performance on a Budget: Bundle Size, API Limits, and Database Indexes
The three budgets every web app hits: bundle size, API rate limits, and database index selectivity. Learn the formulas, thresholds, and PR checklist…
Tokens per Second Benchmarks Explained: What You're Actually Measuring
What tok/s really measures, how concurrency changes it, and why a single-user benchmark is not the whole story for local LLM performance. A Few Mome…
vLLM vs Ollama: Production Serving 2026
Compare vLLM and Ollama for LLM serving in 2026 — architecture, verified performance under concurrency, and a decision framework for choosing or com…
Local vs Hosted LLMs: The Decision Framework
A comprehensive framework for deciding between local LLMs and cloud APIs. Covers cost, privacy, latency, control, and the hybrid approach. The Cathe…
Understanding Tokens: How AI Models Process Text and Why It Matters for Cost, Context, and Agentic AI
What Are Tokens and Why Do They Matter? A token is the atomic unit of computation for large language models. When you type a prompt into ChatGPT, Cl…
Secure DNS: The Trade-off of Privacy for Performance
Last year, I noticed a significant increase in DNS resolution times for a critical service of one of my clients. Initially, I suspected a problem at…
Technical Leadership vs. Managerial Leadership: Chart Your Career Path
When I received an offer to lead a team developing a new module for a production ERP, two different paths emerged in my mind: deepening my existing…
Large Language Models Demystified: A Visual and Practical Guide
If you've been anywhere near the tech world in the past two years, you've heard the term "large language model" (LLM) thrown around constantly. But…
Removing Google From Your Life: A Realistic 30-Day De-Google Plan
Recently, while working on a feature for the backend of one of my side products that relied on the Google Cloud Vision API, an instant outage of the…
How to Use Chinese LLMs (Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM) Without a Chinese Phone Number
How to Use Chinese LLMs Without a Chinese Phone Number If you've tried signing up for any Chinese AI service, you've seen the same message: Please e…
Block Ads Across Your Entire Network: Why AdGuard Home Overtakes
Why AdGuard Home Overtook Pi-hole Last month, while attempting to add ad filtering to the internal network of a production ERP system, the Pi-hole c…
MCP OAuth: Connecting Agents to Protected Servers
Static API keys in client config are the easy way to authenticate an MCP server and the easy way to leak a credential. The Model Context Protocol's…
8GB to 70B: A Real Hardware Guide for Local LLMs
The idea of running a local LLM (Large Language Model) has always appealed to me, especially concerning data privacy and cost control. However, when…
Set Up Your Own ChatGPT: Ollama + Open WebUI for Data That Never
Set Up Your Own ChatGPT: Ollama + Open WebUI for Data That Never Leaves Home As artificial intelligence models rapidly integrate into our lives, pri…
Kotlin 2.0 vs Python 3.13: The Definitive Guide to benchmark in Production
Kotlin 2.0 vs Python 3.13: The Definitive Guide to Benchmarking in Production With Kotlin 2.0’s stable K2 compiler and Python 3.13’s experimental fr…