A LinkedIn recruiter pitched me a remote "Software Engineer at a DEX" project this week. Reasonable comp range, tech stack squarely in my wheelhouse. After a couple of friendly exchanges, she asked me to "review the codebase before the technical interview" and sent me a GitHub repo link plus a Calendly invite for the call. The repo was malware. It didn't get me, but it's something developers shoul
What is Azure Storage? Azure storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution. It allows storage of unstructured data, pdfs, file shares etc. The following steps in this article outlines how I was able to create storage for the department's testing and training. In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups Select + Create Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg
Why this list is different The "best" email API depends entirely on what you're building. A side project optimizing for the free tier needs different things than a Series B SaaS sending two million transactional emails a month. This post grades eight providers against the criteria that actually move the needle in production, and tells you which one to pick for which use case. Most roundups in th
Disclosure: I'm a senior backend tech lead and I run HostingGuru, where Telegram alerts ship as a built-in feature. This tutorial works on any platform — it's the manual version of what HostingGuru does for you. Useful even if you never become a customer. There's a hierarchy of where production alerts go, ranked by how likely you are to actually see them. Email → 14% open rate within an hour, less
What do you need for UCP? There are two levels of UCP readiness. The first is the minimum viable manifest — the bare requirements to pass validation and appear in the UCP directory. The second is the agent-ready setup — what it actually takes for an AI agent to browse, cart, and check out at your store without friction. Think of this as your UCP checklist — the minimum requirements plus the recomm
Setting up a public website using azure blob storage can be easy with the following steps. what is azure blob account? An Azure Blob Storage account is just a cloud space from Microsoft where you can store files of any type—like documents, pictures, or videos—so you can access them anytime, anywhere. with the following steps we will create a public website using azure blob storage. step 1 on azure
MongoDB is a document database that stores data as flexible JSON-like documents instead of fixed rows and columns. It is commonly used for web applications, REST APIs, content management systems, and real-time analytics where the data model changes frequently. This tutorial walks through installing MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04, enabling authentication, creating an admin user, creating
Series: AI Isn’t an Engineering Problem Anymore (Part 2) In the last post, I talked about hitting a usage limit while debugging my robot and realizing how repetitive my own AI usage had become. When we use LLMs, whether through APIs or tools, it feels like every request is new. The inefficiency isn’t from using AI too much. You don’t ask once, you iterate. These are the most interesting ones. Some