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Alan West

Full-stack developer working with TypeScript, React, and blockchain. Interested in AI-powered dev workflows and open-source tooling.

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Debugging DNS leaks: why your VPN isn't hiding what you think it is
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Debugging DNS leaks: why your VPN isn't hiding what you think it is

#networking #security #devops #linux
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Why your local LLM aces benchmarks but fails real terminal tasks
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Why your local LLM aces benchmarks but fails real terminal tasks

#llm #ai #opensource #devops
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Why prompt engineering fails for tone control — and how steering vectors fix it
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Why prompt engineering fails for tone control — and how steering vectors fix it

#ai #machinelearning #python #llm
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Arxiv's Moderation Debate: Why Preprint Gatekeeping Is Hard
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Arxiv's Moderation Debate: Why Preprint Gatekeeping Is Hard

#discuss #machinelearning #research #ai
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Why frontier LLMs solve your CTF challenges in minutes (and how to fix it)
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Why frontier LLMs solve your CTF challenges in minutes (and how to fix it)

#security #ctf #ai #programming
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Why your AI agent code turns into spaghetti — and how to untangle it
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Why your AI agent code turns into spaghetti — and how to untangle it

#ai #agents #python #debugging
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Why npm supply chain attacks keep happening and how to harden your installs
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Why npm supply chain attacks keep happening and how to harden your installs

#npm #security #javascript #devops
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Why your Tailwind project feels unmaintainable, and how to structure CSS instead
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Why your Tailwind project feels unmaintainable, and how to structure CSS instead

#css #webdev #frontend #tailwindcss
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How to escape vendor lock-in in your Git collaboration workflow
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How to escape vendor lock-in in your Git collaboration workflow

#git #opensource #p2p #devops
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Chris Banes' Skills Repo: Claude Code Meets Android Development
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Chris Banes' Skills Repo: Claude Code Meets Android Development

#android #kotlin #ai #productivity
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Tabular Numbers in CSS: font-variant-numeric vs Monospace Hacks
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Tabular Numbers in CSS: font-variant-numeric vs Monospace Hacks

#css #webdev #frontend #typography
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Why your media parsers are a 0-click attack surface (and how to harden them)
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Why your media parsers are a 0-click attack surface (and how to harden them)

#security #cpp #rust #android
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How to Catch Hallucinated Dependencies Before They Break Production
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How to Catch Hallucinated Dependencies Before They Break Production

#security #javascript #devops #ai
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How to debug kernel memory corruption on Apple Silicon
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How to debug kernel memory corruption on Apple Silicon

#security #debugging #lowlevel #macos
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Why your local LLM knowledge base gives bad answers (and how to fix it)
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Why your local LLM knowledge base gives bad answers (and how to fix it)

#ai #rag #llm #python
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How to debug when your brain has gone soft: rebuilding diagnostic skills
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How to debug when your brain has gone soft: rebuilding diagnostic skills

#debugging #productivity #testing #career
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How to fix slow JavaScript builds before reaching for a Rust rewrite
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How to fix slow JavaScript builds before reaching for a Rust rewrite

#javascript #performance #webdev #tooling
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Why your React Three Fiber gallery drops to 5 FPS and how to fix it
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Why your React Three Fiber gallery drops to 5 FPS and how to fix it

#react #threejs #webgl #performance
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How to fix native module errors when switching JavaScript runtimes
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How to fix native module errors when switching JavaScript runtimes

#javascript #node #debugging #performance
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Why your Node.js memory keeps climbing in production (and how to find the leak)
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Why your Node.js memory keeps climbing in production (and how to find the leak)

#node #debugging #performance #javascript
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TextGen vs LM Studio: Picking a Local LLM Runner in 2026
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TextGen vs LM Studio: Picking a Local LLM Runner in 2026

#localllm #ai #opensource #productivity
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How to get a free city.state.us domain for side projects
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How to get a free city.state.us domain for side projects

#dns #webdev #networking #sysadmin
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How I cut a 282-hour exact solver down to 22 minutes
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How I cut a 282-hour exact solver down to 22 minutes

#algorithms #optimization #python #performance
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How to Migrate a Production Stack to a New Region Without Downtime
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How to Migrate a Production Stack to a New Region Without Downtime

#devops #postgres #migration #infrastructure
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Why Reading Architecture Books Doesn't Improve Your Architecture
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Why Reading Architecture Books Doesn't Improve Your Architecture

#architecture #learning #programming #softwareengineering
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How to stop rewriting your storage layer every time you switch providers
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How to stop rewriting your storage layer every time you switch providers

#webdev #javascript #typescript #opensource
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Why your async user-creation endpoint silently produces duplicates
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Why your async user-creation endpoint silently produces duplicates

#webdev #javascript #postgres #debugging
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How to keep third-party integrations alive when vendor APIs lock down
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How to keep third-party integrations alive when vendor APIs lock down

#opensource #debugging #devops #api
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Why CUDA kernels silently corrupt memory and how to catch the bug
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Why CUDA kernels silently corrupt memory and how to catch the bug

#cuda #rust #debugging #gpu
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Why Google reCAPTCHA is breaking your site (and how to actually replace it)
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Why Google reCAPTCHA is breaking your site (and how to actually replace it)

#webdev #security #javascript #performance
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SKIP: Not a developer-focused topic
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SKIP: Not a developer-focused topic

#skip
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Migrating Off Google Analytics: Umami vs Plausible vs Fathom
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Migrating Off Google Analytics: Umami vs Plausible vs Fathom

#webdev #analytics #privacy #opensource
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How to verify AI-discovered vulnerabilities aren't just training data echoes
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How to verify AI-discovered vulnerabilities aren't just training data echoes

#ai #security #llm #devops
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How to fix CI pipelines that break when auth providers tighten account creation
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How to fix CI pipelines that break when auth providers tighten account creation

#devops #testing #oauth #automation
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Why Docker bypasses UFW and how to actually lock it down
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Why Docker bypasses UFW and how to actually lock it down

#docker #security #devops #networking
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Why your open-source fork can get a cease-and-desist (and how to fix it)
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Why your open-source fork can get a cease-and-desist (and how to fix it)

#opensource #programming #tutorial #beginners
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TokenSpeed and the Quiet Race to Make LLM Inference Boring
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TokenSpeed and the Quiet Race to Make LLM Inference Boring

#llm #machinelearning #performance #devops
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Bun, Zig, and Rust: What the Rewrite Rumor Means for Your Stack
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Bun, Zig, and Rust: What the Rewrite Rumor Means for Your Stack

#bunjs #rust #zig #javascript
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Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down
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Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down

#webdev #desktop #performance #zig
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Why Your Docker Containers Refuse to Die: The PID 1 Problem
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Why Your Docker Containers Refuse to Die: The PID 1 Problem

#docker #devops #linux #debugging
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How to handle hardware attestation without locking out real users
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How to handle hardware attestation without locking out real users

#security #android #webauthn #authentication
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Sandboxing AI Agent Filesystems: Containers vs Virtual FS Layers
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Sandboxing AI Agent Filesystems: Containers vs Virtual FS Layers

#ai #agents #devops #tutorial
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Why binary AI disclosure systems fail (and how to design better ones)
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Why binary AI disclosure systems fail (and how to design better ones)

#ai #devops #git #engineering
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Debugging confidently wrong answers from LLM-powered features
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Debugging confidently wrong answers from LLM-powered features

#ai #llm #debugging #webdev
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Debugging the 0.2%: When Node.js Code Fails on Alternative Runtimes
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Debugging the 0.2%: When Node.js Code Fails on Alternative Runtimes

#javascript #node #debugging #webdev
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Why AI-Generated Code Makes You Slower (And How to Fix Your Workflow)
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Why AI-Generated Code Makes You Slower (And How to Fix Your Workflow)

#ai #productivity #testing #python
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Why Every Website Wants to Access Your Local Network (And What to Do About It)
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Why Every Website Wants to Access Your Local Network (And What to Do About It)

#webdev #security #browsers #javascript
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AI Coding Has Its Own Language Now — Here's How to Decode It
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AI Coding Has Its Own Language Now — Here's How to Decode It

#ai #programming #developertools #productivity
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Running LLMs on Windows: Native vLLM vs WSL vs llama.cpp Compared
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Running LLMs on Windows: Native vLLM vs WSL vs llama.cpp Compared

#llm #vllm #windows #machinelearning
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How to Stop Juggling 5 Different Database Clients in Development
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How to Stop Juggling 5 Different Database Clients in Development

#database #devtools #productivity #cli
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How to Build a Local Agentic Search Pipeline That Actually Gets Facts Right
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How to Build a Local Agentic Search Pipeline That Actually Gets Facts Right

#ai #llm #machinelearning #opensource
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How to Build a Lightweight Rule Engine for Automated Compliance Checks
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How to Build a Lightweight Rule Engine for Automated Compliance Checks

#python #architecture #automation #backend
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AI Coding Autopilot vs Manual Control: What Aviation Taught Us About Skill Decay
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AI Coding Autopilot vs Manual Control: What Aviation Taught Us About Skill Decay

#ai #programming #productivity #webdev
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How to Actually Measure Your AI Workload's Water and Energy Footprint
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How to Actually Measure Your AI Workload's Water and Energy Footprint

#ai #sustainability #devops #python
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Why Your USB-C Cable Won't Do What You Think (and How to Debug It on macOS)
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Why Your USB-C Cable Won't Do What You Think (and How to Debug It on macOS)

#macos #usbc #debugging #productivity
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How to Build and Run Microsoft's Newly Open-Sourced DOS Source Code
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How to Build and Run Microsoft's Newly Open-Sourced DOS Source Code

#opensource #assembly #retrocomputing #beginners
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Why Identity-Framing Jailbreaks Bypass Your LLM Safety Filters
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Why Identity-Framing Jailbreaks Bypass Your LLM Safety Filters

#ai #security #llm #machinelearning
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How to Stop Drowning in Open Model Releases and Actually Run One Locally
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How to Stop Drowning in Open Model Releases and Actually Run One Locally

#llm #opensource #ai #machinelearning
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AI-Generated Auth Code vs Managed Auth Services: A Honest Comparison
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AI-Generated Auth Code vs Managed Auth Services: A Honest Comparison

#webdev #authentication #javascript #security
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How to Set Up a Self-Hosted Forum When You're Tired of Renting Your Community
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How to Set Up a Self-Hosted Forum When You're Tired of Renting Your Community

#selfhosted #devops #opensource #community
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