Kunal - Forem

Kunal

Apr 13

Software Rewrite from Scratch: Why It's Almost Always the Worst Engineering Decision [2026]

#softwareengineering #techdebt #refactoring #projectmanagement

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 13

AI No-Code App Builders: I Tested 5 Platforms and Found the Hidden Tradeoffs [2026]

#nocode #aitools #appbuilder #saas

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 12

Gemma 3 on a Raspberry Pi 5: I Benchmarked Google's Open Model on a $80 Computer [2026]

#gemma #raspberrypi #localllm #googleai

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 11

The AI Kill Chain Is Here: How Algorithms Are Choosing Who Lives and Dies on the Battlefield [2026]

#aiethics #militarytech #autonomoussystems #geopolitics

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 11

AI Pentesting Agents: How Mythos AI Is Teaching LLMs to Hack (With DARPA's Blessing) [2026]

#aipentesting #aiagents #offensivesecurity #cybersecurity

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 10

Hotwire vs Next.js in 2026: Is Server-Centric HTML the End of SPA Bloat? [Compared]

#hotwire #nextjs #webdev #frontend

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 10

Full-Stack Developer Roadmap [2026]: The 5 Skills That Actually Get You Hired

#developercareer #softwareengineering #webdev #learningtocode

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Apr 9

Your Old Kindle Isn't E-Waste: 3 DIY Projects to Give It a New Life [2026 Guide]

#kindle #ewaste #diytech #upcycling

8 min read

Kunal

Apr 9

LittleSnitch for Linux: OpenSnitch Is the Outbound Firewall You've Been Waiting For [2026]

#littlesnitch #linux #opensnitch #firewall

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 8

VeraCrypt in 2026: Is It Still the Gold Standard for Open-Source Encryption? [Security Review]

#veracrypt #encryption #opensource #privacy

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 8

Windows Control Panel: Why Microsoft's 14-Year War on a Settings Page Still Isn't Over [2026]

#windows #microsoft #operatingsystems #legacycode

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Apr 7

Bunny.net vs Cloudflare in 2026: Why Developers Are Quietly Making the Switch [Compared]

#bunnynet #cloudflare #cdn #cloudcosts

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 6

Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't: A Technical Breakdown [2026]

#internet #infrastructure #networking #fiber

8 min read

Kunal

Apr 6

eBPF Monitoring Is Replacing Sidecars: How Datadog Proved the Cloud-Native Future [2026]

#ebpf #observability #cloudnative #datadog

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 5

LinkedIn Is Scanning Your Browser Extensions: How It Works and Why You Should Care

#linkedin #privacy #browsersecurity #fingerprinting

6 min read

Kunal

Apr 5

PostgreSQL Performance Halved on Linux Kernel 6.8: The THP Bug Every DBA Needs to Know [2026 Guide]

#postgres #linux #performanceengineering #database

6 min read

Kunal

Apr 4

Claude Code Alternatives: 3 Open-Source AI Coding Tools That Free You From Vendor Lock-In [2026]

#claudecode #aicoding #opensource #developertools

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 4

DDR6 RAM Prices in 2026: Why Your Next Memory Upgrade Costs $650 More [Breakdown]

#hardware #supplychain #pcbuilding #ddr6

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 3

GPU Rowhammer Is Real: How GPUHammer Hijacks NVIDIA Graphics Memory [2026 Breakdown]

#rowhammer #nvidia #gpusecurity #hardwaresecurity

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 3

Proton Meet Privacy Review: Is End-to-End Encryption Enough? [2026]

#protonmeet #privacy #encryption #e2ee

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 2

Qwen3 Agent Capabilities: I Tested Alibaba's Open-Source Model on Real Coding Tasks [2026 Review]

#aiagents #qwen #alibaba #opensourceai

7 min read

Kunal

Apr 2

Native Browser APIs That Make Your Frontend Framework Overkill [2026]

#webperf #javascript #css #html

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Kunal

Apr 1

Raspberry Pi Price Hikes in 2026: Why Your Homelab Just Got More Expensive (and 3 Alternatives)

#raspberrypi #hardware #homelab #supplychain

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6 min read

Kunal

Apr 1

Framework vs MacBook: Why Right to Repair Is the Developer Hardware Fight That Actually Matters [2026]

#framework #macbook #righttorepair #hardware

6 min read

Kunal

Apr 1

NPM Supply Chain Attacks in 2026: Why Libraries Like Axios Are Prime Targets [Guide]

#npm #supplychainattack #javascript #cybersecurity

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 29

CSS 3D Transforms: How Someone Built DOOM in a Browser Without WebGL [2026]

#css #frontend #webperf #javascript

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 29

Reverse Engineering Android APKs: I Decompiled the White House App — Here's How [2026 Guide]

#reverseengineering #androidsecurity #mobilesecurity #jadx

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 28

TinyML at CERN: How FPGAs and hls4ml Solve Physics' Biggest Data Problem [2026]

#tinyml #cern #fpga #edgeai

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 28

Samsung DeX for Coding in 2026: I Tested It as a Dev Machine — Here's the Honest Verdict

#samsung #android #linux #dex

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Kunal

Mar 27

Local LLM vs Claude for Coding: I Benchmarked a $500 GPU Against Cloud AI [2026]

#localllm #gpu #benchmarking #claude

8 min read

Kunal

Mar 26

Vite vs Turbopack vs Rspack: I Benchmarked All 3 — Here's What Actually Won [2026]

#vite #turbopack #rspack #frontend

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6 min read

Kunal

Mar 25

Claude Computer Use Security Risks: What Giving an LLM OS-Level Control Actually Means [2026]

#claude #anthropic #aiagents #cybersecurity

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Kunal

Mar 25

Cloudflare Workers V8 Isolates: 100x Faster Cold Starts for AI Agents at the Edge [2026]

#cloudflare #serverless #edgecomputing #aiagents

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 24

LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack: How a Fake PyPI Package Targeted AI Developers' Credentials [2026]

#supplychainattack #litellm #python #aisecurity

6 min read

Kunal

Mar 24

FCC Banned Router List: 5 Chinese Companies Blocked and What It Means for Your Home Network [2026]

#fcc #routersecurity #cybersecurity #homenetworking

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 23

Chrome Master Key Theft: How Info-Stealer Malware Actually Steals Your Saved Passwords [2026]

#malwareanalysis #chrome #cybersecurity #infosec

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 23

Jujutsu (jj): The Git-Compatible Version Control Tool That Might Actually Fix Git's Worst Problems [2026]

#versioncontrol #git #jujutsu #developertools

6 min read

Kunal

Mar 22

AI Tech Debt: The 3 Types Silently Killing Your LLM App in Production [2026 Framework]

#aitechdebt #llmops #engineeringleadership #systemdesign

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7 min read

Kunal

Mar 22

JavaScript Bloat in 2026: 3 Architectural Root Causes Killing Your Web Performance [Guide]

#javascript #webperf #frontend #bundlesize

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8 min read

Kunal

Mar 22

Ubuntu Sudo Password Asterisks: Why Ending 46 Years of Silence Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think [2026]

#ubuntu #linux #sudo #cli

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7 min read

Kunal

Mar 21

Deorbiting the ISS: The $843 Million Engineering Challenge to Safely Crash a 420-Ton Space Station [2026]

#space #nasa #iss #aerospace

8 min read

Kunal

Mar 21

Rust WASM vs TypeScript Performance: Why the 'Faster' Language Lost by 25% [2026]

#rust #typescript #webassembly

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7 min read

Kunal

Mar 20

Temporal Workflow Engine: The Reliability Layer Your Distributed System Is Missing [2026 Guide]

#temporal #distributedsystems #microservices #systemdesign

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Mar 20

Cockpit Project: The Linux Server Web GUI You Should Already Be Using [2026 Review]

#cockpit #linux #sysadmin #devops

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 19

Mozilla VPN Technical Review: I Tested Speed, Privacy, and WireGuard Performance Against the Big Names [2026]

#mozillavpn #vpn #privacy #wireguard

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6 min read

Kunal

Mar 19

PostgreSQL vs MySQL in 2026: Why the Debate Is Already Over [Compared]

#postgres #mysql #database #sql

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6 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Microsoft's FedRAMP Failure: A Technical Breakdown of How a 'Pile of Shit' Cloud Got Approved [2026]

#microsoft #azure #cloudsecurity #fedramp

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7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Silicon-Anode Batteries: What Lenovo's StoreDot Bet Means for 20-Minute Laptop Charging [2026]

#batteries #lenovo #laptops #fastcharging

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

jemalloc vs malloc vs tcmalloc: Why Your Server's Default Allocator Is Killing P99 Latency [2026 Guide]

#jemalloc #tcmalloc #performanceengineering #p99latency

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Oracle's AI Earnings Surprise: Why a Revenue Miss Sent the Stock Higher [2024 Analysis]

#oracle #ai #cloudcomputing #oci

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Kunal

Mar 18

Tinder's IRL Events Pivot: Can Speed Dating Fix What Swiping Broke?

#tinder #datingapps #irlevents #matchgroup

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

DLSS Ray Reconstruction: The NVIDIA Feature That Matters More Than Frame Generation [2026]

#nvidia #dlss #raytracing #pcgaming

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

MediaTek Audio DSP Vulnerability: How a Nothing Phone Could Have Been Hacked (Except It Wasn't)

#cybersecurity #mediatek #androidsecurity #vulnerability

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Google Agreed to Pay $32 Billion for Wiz: Why Cloud Security Was Worth Every Dollar [2026]

#cloudsecurity #wiz #google #cybersecurity

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Live Nation's Ticketmaster Monopoly Isn't About Ticket Fees. It's a Tech Platform Flywheel.

#livenation #ticketmaster #antitrust #doj

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Chrome Zero-Day Exploits: 4 Vulnerabilities Exposed in May 2024's Most Aggressive Attack Wave

#chrome #cybersecurity #zeroday #google

7 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Patch Tuesday Zero-Day Lessons: What February 2024's Two Exploited Flaws Still Teach Us [2026]

#cybersecurity #patchtuesday #zeroday #windowssecurity

6 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

AMD ROCm on Consumer GPUs: The Open-Source CUDA Alternative That Actually Works Now [2026 Guide]

#rocm #amd #cuda #opensource

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Kunal

Mar 18

Intel Arrow Lake vs AMD Ryzen 9000: Intel's Budget Problem Still Isn't Solved [2026]

#intel #amd #arrowlake #ryzen9000

6 min read

Kunal

Mar 18

Nintendo's Zelda Movie Bet: How a Single Announcement Rewrote the Company's Valuation

#nintendo #zeldamovie #businessstrategy #gaming

6 min read

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