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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.

Joined on Mar 19, 2026

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

#ai #programming #developertools #productivity

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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

#database #devtools #productivity #cli

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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

#python #architecture #automation #backend

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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

#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)

#macos #usbc #debugging #productivity

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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

#ai #security #llm #machinelearning

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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

#webdev #authentication #javascript #security

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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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Why Senior Python Interviews Test the Wrong Things (And How to Actually Prepare)

#python #career #programming #beginners

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Chromex: Building an AI Side-Panel Assistant Into Your Browser

#chromeextensions #ai #openai #webdev

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Platform-Bundled vs Own-Your-Stack: A Developer's Guide to Actually Owning Your Web Presence

#webdev #domains #privacy #selfhosted

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Why Your VPN Gets Blocked and How Domain Fronting Solves It

#networking #security #vpn #encryption

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How to Serve Mistral Medium 3.5 128B Without Running Out of GPU Memory

#llm #machinelearning #python #devops

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How to Structure Open-Source Government Code So It's Actually Reusable

#opensource #government #devops #beginners

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Your Browser Extensions Are a Security Hole — Here's How to Audit Them

#security #browser #chrome #webdev

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Stash Gives Your AI Agents a Memory That Actually Persists

#ai #postgres #mcp #agents

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Auth0 vs Clerk vs Authon: Picking Auth for Your Vibe-Coded Project

#webdev #javascript #security #beginners

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Why Your LLM App Fails in Production (and How to Debug It)

#llm #ai #python #observability

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Why Local LLMs Keep Failing at Code Generation (and How to Fix It)

#llm #ai #codegen #productivity

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How to Migrate Your Open-Source Project Away from GitHub

#opensource #github #git #devops

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pgbackrest Maintenance Has Stopped — How to Plan Your PostgreSQL Backup Migration

#postgres #database #devops #backup

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Open-Source LLMs You Can Actually Run Today vs. Waiting for Grok 3

#ai #opensource #llm #machinelearning

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How to Secure Voice and Biometric Data in Your AI Training Pipeline

#security #machinelearning #devops #python

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How to Stop Getting Garbage Sprite Sheets from AI Image Generators

#gamedev #python #ai #opensource

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How to Track and Control AI Coding Assistant Costs Before They Spiral

#ai #productivity #devops #beginners

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How to Stop AI Agents From Nuking Your Production Database

#ai #devops #database #security

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How to Stop Your GitHub Issues From Becoming a Graveyard

#github #opensource #automation #productivity

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How to Avoid License Violations When Publishing Derivative AI Models

#opensource #ai #machinelearning #licensing

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How to Prevent Unauthorized Domain Transfers (Before It's Too Late)

#security #dns #devops #webdev

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How to Build Smooth Loading Animations Using Parametric Curves

#webdev #css #javascript #animation

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How to Actually Finish That Side Project Collecting Dust on GitHub

#productivity #programming #ai #beginners

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Harmonist: Zero-Dependency AI Agent Orchestration Worth Watching

#ai #python #opensource #machinelearning

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Plain Text Auth Config vs Managed Services: When to DIY and When to Delegate

#authentication #webdev #security #javascript

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Why Your Config Files Break After Every Upgrade (and How Plain Text Fixes It)

#plaintext #devops #configuration #tooling

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How to Stop Your AI Coding Assistant From Being Useless at Specialized Tasks

#ai #productivity #programming #opensource

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Why Your Neural Network Fails Silently and How to Actually Debug It

#deeplearning #machinelearning #python #debugging

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How to Convert Images to 1-Bit Pixel Art Without Losing All the Detail

#python #imageprocessing #algorithms #tutorial

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Exploring MasterHttpRelayVPN-RUST: DPI Bypass Built in Rust

#rust #networking #privacy #opensource

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Google Analytics Alternatives: Umami vs Plausible vs Fathom in 2026

#analytics #privacy #webdev #opensource

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How to Fix the 'You're Charging Too Much' Problem Before It Starts

#freelancing #webdev #career #beginners

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Big Company Code vs. Startup Code: Auth as a Case Study

#programming #webdev #architecture #beginners

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Why Your HTTPS Traffic Still Gets Blocked (and How DPI Evasion Works)

#networking #security #proxy #devops

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Self-Hosted Finance Automation vs Cloud: n8n + Actual Budget Stack

#selfhosted #automation #budgeting #homelab

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The EU Is Forcing User-Replaceable Phone Batteries. There's a Loophole Apple Is Already Using.

#righttorepair #euregulation #mobilehardware #supplychain

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r/programming Just Banned All LLM Posts. The Backlash Against AI Slop Hit Critical Mass.

#programming #ai #community #webdev

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OpenAI Just Shipped an Image Model That Thinks Before It Draws. Free Tier Gets It Day One.

#ai #openai #imagegeneration #python

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Tim Cook Is Out. John Ternus Is Apple's New CEO. What Developers Need to Know.

#apple #ios #architecture #swift

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How to Actually Benchmark Open-Source LLMs Before Ditching Your API Provider

#llm #opensource #machinelearning #ai

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How to Fix Linux Suspend Draining Your Battery Overnight

#linux #devops #productivity #tutorial

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After the Vercel Breach: Rethinking Where Your Auth Secrets Live

#security #webdev #nextjs #authentication

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Why Your Open-Source Coding Model Runs Out of Memory (and How to Fix It)

#ai #machinelearning #python #coding

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How to Self-Host a Public Website on a $10 ESP32 Without It Crashing

#esp32 #selfhosted #webdev #embedded

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How to Spot Fake GitHub Stars Before They Burn You

#github #security #opensource #supplychainattacks

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Migrating from Google Analytics to Privacy-Focused Alternatives

#analytics #privacy #webdev #tutorial

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