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Notes & builds

Backend, infra, occasional rants about tooling.


2 June 2025
Setting up a self-hosted sync server with CouchDB

A walkthrough of running CouchDB behind nginx with TLS, dealing with client_max_body_size gotchas, and keeping things sane across devices without relying on any third-party cloud.

self-hosted CouchDB nginx devops
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18 May 2025
Why I switched from Chrome to a Blink-based fork

Not a hot take — just an honest look at memory usage, extension support, and the tradeoffs when you care about both performance and not feeding the beast.

browsers tooling opinion
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3 May 2025
Android app architecture: MVVM with Room and LiveData

Notes from a university project — a habit tracker built clean from the ground up. Covers database migrations, ViewModel scoping, and charting with MPAndroidChart.

android kotlin architecture
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11 Apr 2025
ASP.NET Core MVC with SQLite — quick start without the bloat

EF Core migrations, a minimal service layer, and keeping the project structure readable when you're the only person on it.

C# ASP.NET SQLite
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siasolution

CS student. Building things, breaking things, writing about both. Interested in networks, security, and keeping control of my own data.