The Forge Blog
Development logs, project updates, and technical deep dives from the workshop.
Thoughts on building software, running a solo dev shop, and pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development.
Why I’m Adding Rust to My Toolbox
I’ve long loved Flutter for building sleek, modern front ends, and Go for reliable, single-binary backends. But there’s a friction I kept bumping into: Python ended up being the “everything” language in my stack—useful, but not the one I actually wan...
Tiny Rust Tools for i3
🛠️ Forging Tiny Rust Tools for a Smoother i3 Workflow If you’ve ever found yourself repeatedly killing processes from the terminal or opening a quick scratchpad to jot a thought, you know how little tools can make a huge difference in daily productiv...
How I Found 30GBs!
There is a universal truth in mobile development: disk space is finite, and build artifacts are infinite. Recently, I hit that dreaded "Disk Space Low" notification. As a developer with dozens of Flutter prototypes, client projects, and half-finished...
CableCompany
Recently, I fell down a networking rabbit hole. I became fascinated by how traditional IPTV providers (like older ISP setups or hotel TV systems) deliver content. It’s rarely HTTP streaming like Netflix. Instead, it’s often raw, unencrypted MPEG-TS v...
RoseLink Overlay Network
I have a confession to make. For a while now, I’ve been quietly obsessed with a specific problem: the modern internet has become a rental economy. If you want to host a website today, you usually have to pay a cloud provider for a VPS, pay a registra...