Self Hosting
What You Can Self-Host on Oracle Cloud Free Tier (2026)
What actually fits on Oracle Cloud free tier after the June 2026 cut: Ghost, Vaultwarden, Syncthing, monitoring, and a small AI model, sized in real RAM.
Developer Tools
Web Development
Inside TypeScript 7: What a Year-Long Rewrite in Go Actually Bought Developers
A deep look at how Microsoft's Go-based TypeScript 7 compiler achieves its speed gains, and what the Visual Studio Code team's year-long migration reveals about adopting it safely.
Web Development
TypeScript 7.0 Is Officially Here: What Changed and How to Upgrade
TypeScript 7.0 has officially launched, bringing a native Go-based compiler with 8x to 12x faster build times. Here's what shipped, how to install it, and how to migrate safely.
Databases
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB End-of-Life Dates in 2026
Four major open source databases are hitting end-of-life milestones in 2026, and MySQL 8.0 has already crossed that line. Here's a practical, code-first look at how to audit what you're running, back it up properly, and migrate before the risk compounds.
Software Development
Zed 1.0 Is Out — And the Guy Who Built Electron Just Proved It Was a Mistake
Zed 1.0 Released — The man who built Electron at GitHub created Zed to fix the damage. Here's the full technical story of why Electron is broken and what Rust + GPU rendering actually changes.
Artificial intelligence
Build Your Own AI Coding Assistant With Access to Your Entire Codebase (2026)
GitHub Copilot charges $19/month and sends your entire codebase to Microsoft's servers. You can build something better — one that knows your whole project, costs $0/month after hardware, and never phones home.
Programming
r/programming Just Banned LLM Discussions. I Understand Why. I Still Disagree with it.
The largest programming community on Reddit banned all LLM content for April. The frustration behind the decision is real. The decision itself is a mistake. Here's the full picture: what the ban covers, why it happened, what the data says, and where I actually land on AI as a coding tool.