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If you’ve ever worked with video conversion, streaming, or compression, you’ve likely encountered terms like codec, container, and bitrate. These are fundamental concepts in digital media — and understanding them helps you make better decisions when building or optimizing video tools. Whether you’re writing your own media converter or integrating… Read more »

People are natural problem-solvers. We like to fix things. So when we’re faced with a complex problem, it’s not surprising that we want to solve it. Usually in the fastest and best way possible. But there’s risk in trying to fix the whole problem at once. For one, it can… Read more »

Look, AI is getting lots of traction, we all know it! Unless you’re living in the woods or on a far island. Almost every product now digital and physical has a touch of AI added to it. Yes, that’s fun, but one way to get ahead it not by just… Read more »

Two years ago, artificial intelligence jumped ahead in usefulness, thanks to the release of generalized LLMs via ChatGPT. Since then, its powers have grown to allow LLMs to do all sorts of things, from building applications and generating images to even making entire movies. As is common with any new… Read more »

Node.js Performance: Processing 14GB Files 78% Faster with Buffer Optimization Peter Mbanugo ・ Oct 7 #node #webdev #typescript #javascript Read more »

It all started on a quiet weekend. My wife and son were away, leaving me with a rare block of uninterrupted time, fueled by curiosity and a slightly obsessive streak. As a freelancer who spends my days helping companies wring more speed out of their web apps, Node.js services, and… Read more »

The Rise of Game-Driven Simulations For centuries, militaries have relied on war games to test strategies, train commanders, and forecast outcomes. What once took the form of tabletop exercises with tokens and maps has now transformed into large-scale, hyper-realistic simulations powered by game engines like Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA Omniverse.… Read more »

You write this query: SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 42; And it works. Magic happens. Your database returns the row in milliseconds. You feel like a wizard. But what actually happened when you pressed enter? How did MySQL find that one row among millions? Why does adding an… Read more »

Building a Centralized Monitoring Framework with PRTG Introduction Centralized monitoring is essential to preserving visibility, performance, and availability across network assets as part of the larger network security and management plan. In this stage, I put Paessler's PRTG Network Monitor (PRTG) into use to create a cohesive monitoring system that… Read more »

What it is Lootbox sits between your MCP servers / tools and gives your coding assistant a deno code sandbox to script these together. https://github.com/jx-codes/lootbox/ How it works (more info in the readme) I mostly use Claude Code so I reference it below This means that Claude can write: const… Read more »