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Welcome to my Digital Garden.

This is a collection of my long-form thoughts on Web Dev, AI, Blockchains, and more in various stages of completion from Seedling to Evergreen. I hope you find something that piques your interest.

🪴 Budding

I reduced token usage for my app by 80%

Tigher prompts, better SQL, caching and other ways I stopped burning tokens.

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🪴 Budding
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A eulogy for Arc

Saying goodbye to the best browser I have ever used.

like2 min read
🪴 Budding

Daily driving GPT-5 for a week

Takeaways about performance, pricing, max mode and experience on Cursor.

likes3 min read
🪴 Budding
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The shape of forgotten knowledge

Exploring the idea that LLMs are a lossy compression of the entire internet

likes3 min read
🌲 Evergreen

Why I transferred my domain to Cloudflare + setup a custom email

Documenting the process of transferring my domain to CF & setting up a free custom email with CF Email Routing + Mailgun.

likes3 min read
🌲 Evergreen
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Why every developer needs to read Algorithms to Live By

Books on algorithms aren't boring. You are just reading the wrong ones. This post will change your mind.

likes4 min read
🌱 Seedling
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What I learned from reading Make by @levelsio

5 takeaways from Make: Bootstrapper’s Handbook where Peter Levels shares valuable insights on how to build startups the indie way.

🌲 Evergreen

So… wtf is a token?

The tokens behind your favourite LLM explained just enough for you to be a little dangerous.

likes3 min read
🌱 Seedling
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How to build your own VPN in less than 15 minutes?

Build your own VPN using PiVPN and PiHole and host it on AWS Lightsail for free.

🌲 Evergreen
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How to dynamically generate Open Graph images using Vercel OG?

Creating beautiful open graph images on the fly with vercel/og.

likes4 min read
🌲 Evergreen
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How I built my Portfolio & Blog using NextJS & Notion?

Documenting my experience of building a professional portfolio and all the decisions involved with it.

likes9 min read