aelpxy
I'm a software developer and tinkerer who loves technology that could shape the future.
Posts
- why podman quadlets are awesomeContainers as plain systemd units, with no daemon and no compose file.
Stack
- Languages
- TypeScript, Go, Rust
- Frontend
- React (my first choice), Svelte
- Backend
- NestJS, Fastify, Axum
- Tooling
- pnpm, Oxc, Vite
- AI
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode
- Data
- Postgres, ClickHouse, Valkey, SQLx, sqlc, Prisma
- Infra
- AWS, Podman, Linode, Vultr, Fly.io, GitHub Actions
Notes
Things I learned over the years
- Get the basics right. Everything else is harder when you don't understand them.
- Language debates aren't worth the time. Use what you like, but give other things a try.
- Keep trying new tools. You don't have to stick with all of them.
- I'd rather learn how to use AI well than ignore it and hope it goes away.
- Keep learning, preferably about things you actually enjoy.
- The whole 1% better every day thing feels like a lot. Even 0.1% adds up to about 44% over a year. Small steps count too.
- Privacy is a human right, even if you don't think you need it.
- Sometimes you have to push past limits and do things people don't expect of you.
- Look after yourself. Your mental health matters more than any of this.
Outside work I bounce between the 3D printer, my homelab, AI experiments and travelling with my camera.