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The Fastest Way to Learn Is to Ship Something

You can read about a thing forever and still not know it. Courses. Videos. Bookmarked articles you swear you'll get to. That's not learning yet. That's shopping for learning. The real thing starts the moment you build something small, real, and slightly beyond you. Because a project asks the questions a tutorial never will. It breaks in ways no video warned you about. It forces the concept out of…

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How Much Transcoding Headroom Does a Plex Server Really Need? Quick Sync vs NVENC vs CPU for 4K HDR

Size your Plex server for the streams that actually transcode, not for the number of people you host. A single Intel CPU with a recent Quick Sync engine, paired with a Plex Pass subscription so…

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How to Push Back on an Unrealistic Deadline Without Damaging the Relationship

Every engineer eventually sits across from a stakeholder who says "we need this in three weeks" about something that genuinely needs six.

  • Explain why proposed deadline is unrealistic, break down tasks needed
  • Offer alternatives that meet business objectives while adjusting scope
  • Separate estimate from person, frame complexities, not personal availability

Tired of Subscriptions, So I Built My Own Server

Another month, another stack of bills for a music app, a movie app, cloud storage — all for things I could technically host myself. So I did.

  • Founder built home server to avoid subscription fees
  • Server runs Debian 13, hosts Jellyfin, Navidrome, Samba, and more
  • AI agent manages server in plain language

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