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3 published posts across 14 top-level categories.

post://we-had-1m-users-got-acquired-and-i-still-think-we-made-the-wrong-call

We had 1M users, got acquired, and I still think we made the wrong call

We built Boringrats for open source developers, scaled to 1M users on donations alone, and eventually had to let it go. This is the honest version of what that actually looked like.

Jun 12, 2026

Architecture News

post://introducing-gvx-the-runtime-layer-python-never-had

keybinding

Jun 5, 2026

Backend DevOps Performance Architecture

post://i-got-tired-of-github-being-down-so-i-built-my-own-git-platform

I Got Tired of GitHub Being Down, So I Built My Own Git Platform

OpenCodeHub is an open-source, self-hosted GitHub alternative built with Astro, TypeScript, and Drizzle ORM. Features SSH, stacked PRs, CI/CD pipelines, and AI code review — on your own server.

May 22, 2026

System Design Backend Architecture Programming Tutorials News