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How I keep Surya Host running
99.9% uptime sounds like a marketing number. Here is what it actually takes when you're one person, a handful of VPS instances, and a customer who calls at 11 pm.
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- ·Web Performance6 min#web#typescript
Making websites feel fast on cheap phones
Most web performance advice is written for audiences with 5G and a MacBook Pro. Here's what actually matters when your user is on a ₹6,000 Redmi with 3G that keeps dropping.
Read - ·Learning5 min#games#experiments
Little games I built to learn hard things
Reading about how WebSockets work is fine. Building a multiplayer word game at 1 am because you can't sleep is better. Some notes on learning by making things that don't matter.
Read - ·Tools4 min#systems#product
Tools I actually use every day
Not the tools I should use. Not the tools that look good to mention. The things that are actually open on my screen when I'm building something.
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