When npm install Fails with “Invalid Version”
Understanding package-lock.json, Hidden Traps, and How to Fix Them Properly
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Keeping SSH Sessions Alive: A Practical Guide to Preventing Unexpected Timeouts
SSH disconnections are one of those small but frustrating issues that can easily interrupt your workflow. You're typing, running a long job, or just leaving a terminal open for a while — then suddenly everything freezes and the connection drops. Most of the time, this happens because of idle
Content Security Policy (CSP): Why It Exists, How It Improves Security, and Life Before CSP
Introduction
Modern web applications operate in an increasingly hostile environment. Browsers execute third-party scripts, load assets from multiple domains, and process user-supplied data continuously. This flexibility, while powerful, historically created a vast attack surface—especially for client-side attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Content Security Policy (CSP) was introduced to
AI Is Not Just a Collection of IF Statements: Clearing Up One of the Most Persistent Misconceptions
In many technical and non-technical discussions alike, a statement such as “AI is basically just a bunch of IF statements” still comes up surprisingly often. On the surface, this sounds reasonable—especially to anyone with a background in traditional programming. However, this view is an oversimplification and, when applied to
What Percentages Really Mean, How to Calculate Them, and Why They Matter in Real Life
Percentages are part of everyday language. We see them in sales promotions, news reports, exam results, business dashboards, and social media statistics. They are familiar, widely used, and often trusted. Yet many people use percentages without fully understanding how they are calculated or why they are so useful in real-world
Reading Git History Without the Noise: A Practical Guide to git log --no-merges
When working on a mature codebase, Git history can quickly become hard to read and harder to reason about. Feature branches, hotfixes, release branches, and frequent merges often clutter the commit log, making it difficult to see what actually changed. This is where git log --no-merges becomes an essential tool
Today's Notes: Self-hosted healthchecks
I think this is worth to try, healthchecks.io self-hosted at https://healthchecks.io/docs/self_hosted_docker/
Today's Notes: Dice UI and Blueprint
I found this great React UI libraries:
* Dice UI - https://www.diceui.com/
* Blueprint by Palantir - https://blueprintjs.com/
Best regards,
Sony AK
When Delivery Breaks: A Comprehensive Reflection on Project Misalignment, Communication Gaps, and Execution Risks
In fast-paced development environments, teams often face situations where timelines slip, requirements shift, and communication becomes fragmented. These issues rarely originate from a single failure point. Instead, they arise from systemic gaps—unclear ownership, missing approvals, late requirement changes, and operational pressure to “keep moving” even when inputs are incomplete.
Axum vs. Ntex: Choosing the Right Rust Framework for Your Next API
Rust’s ecosystem has grown mature enough that you no longer ask “Can Rust build APIs?”—you ask “Which framework should I use?” Among the options available today, Axum and Ntex sit at the top for serious backend development. Both are capable, highly performant, and production-ready. But their philosophies, ergonomics,
Mastering PostgreSQL 18+ in Docker: A Complete Guide to the New Data Directory Structure
PostgreSQL 18 introduced a fundamental shift in how the official Docker image manages data directories. This change caught many developers off guard, especially those accustomed to the long-standing /var/lib/postgresql/data mount point. If you upgraded to PostgreSQL 18+ and suddenly saw warnings about “old-style data directories,” you'
When PHP 8.4 Says “Deprecated: Creation of Dynamic Property” — What It Means and How to Fix It
Upgrading to PHP 8.4 brings a wave of performance improvements and cleaner language features. But along with that comes one of the most commonly encountered warnings developers now see:
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property SomeClass::$propertyName is deprecated.
If you’re seeing messages like this across your project — especially
How to List Only Today’s Files in Linux: A Practical and Complete Guide
Managing files efficiently is part of every developer’s daily routine. One common need is to display only the files modified today. While the ls command is often the first tool people think of, it is important to understand its limitations and the proper alternatives available in Linux.
This article
Sorting Mixed Alphanumeric Slugs in MySQL: A Practical Guide for Real-World Applications
When working with identifiers like r1, r20, r100, or smk1, smk50, smk200, it is common to expect them to sort in a natural, human-friendly order. Unfortunately, default MySQL sorting follows pure lexicographical rules, which often leads to unintuitive results such as:
smk1
smk100
smk20
This article explains why this happens,