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My first vibe coding project taught me I didn't actually know what I was building

Dev.to · Pavel 5h ago

My first vibe coding project taught me I didn't actually know what I was building

I manage mobile engineering teams for a living. I review architecture, push back on scope, and know...

Render vs Railway vs Fly.io: Pricing Compared (2026)

Dev.to · Pavel 5d ago

Render vs Railway vs Fly.io: Pricing Compared (2026)

How Render, Railway, and Fly.io actually charge you — free tiers, plan fees, and per-second usage — with a side-by-side table and when each one wins.

Self-Host Postgres or Use Supabase? Here's How to Decide

Dev.to · Pavel 2w ago

Self-Host Postgres or Use Supabase? Here's How to Decide

Supabase is more than a database. A clear way to decide between Supabase, self-hosted Supabase, and plain managed/self-hosted PostgreSQL.

Let's Encrypt Wildcard Certs in Kubernetes: cert-manager + DNS-01 (and When We Skipped It)

Dev.to · Pavel 1mo ago

Let's Encrypt Wildcard Certs in Kubernetes: cert-manager + DNS-01 (and When We Skipped It)

If you run Kubernetes and want a wildcard TLS cert from Let's Encrypt — say *.example.com — you need...

Should Small Teams Even Bother with Kubernetes?

Dev.to · Pavel 2mo ago

Should Small Teams Even Bother with Kubernetes?

Most small teams hit the same question at some point: should we move to Kubernetes? The honest answer...

I built a deep learning framework in Rust from scratch — Part 3: the road to crates.io

Dev.to · Pavel 2mo ago

I built a deep learning framework in Rust from scratch — Part 3: the road to crates.io

In Part 1 I argued why a graph-based DL framework in pure Rust was a project worth doing. In Part 2...

Which Database Should You Self-Host? SQLite vs MySQL vs PostgreSQL vs Redis

Dev.to · Pavel 2mo ago

Which Database Should You Self-Host? SQLite vs MySQL vs PostgreSQL vs Redis

When you're deploying your own app, the database choice matters more than most people think. It...

A Better Umami Dashboard with Grafana

Dev.to · Pavel 7mo ago

A Better Umami Dashboard with Grafana

Umami is great. Lightweight, privacy-friendly, no cookies, no tracking drama. We use it ourselves on...

I Built a Deep Learning Framework in Rust from Scratch. Here’s How It Works.

Dev.to · Pavel 9mo ago

I Built a Deep Learning Framework in Rust from Scratch. Here’s How It Works.

I've just published RustyASG to crates.io, a deep learning framework I built from the ground up in...

I Built a "GPT" in My Browser in One Evening. The Journey from Amnesia to Stable Learning with Pure JS.

Dev.to · Pavel 10mo ago

I Built a "GPT" in My Browser in One Evening. The Journey from Amnesia to Stable Learning with Pure JS.

Hello, community! https://github.com/Xzdes/slmnetGPT Sometimes, the best projects are born from a...

# 🧩 nodeBond: Lightweight IPC for Node.js — revived and improved

Dev.to · Pavel 1y ago

# 🧩 nodeBond: Lightweight IPC for Node.js — revived and improved

"Modern inter-process communication made simple. A refreshed IPC bus for local Node.js...