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Next.js i18n with next-intl: A Complete Guide From Someone Who Actually Uses It

Web Dev

June 202510 min read

Next.js i18n with next-intl: A Complete Guide From Someone Who Actually Uses It

A first-hand guide to setting up next-intl in a Next.js App Router project — covering routing, server components, client components, and the gotchas I hit in production.

Balancing DevOps, ERP, and Web Dev as a Final-Year Engineering Student

Career

June 20257 min read

Balancing DevOps, ERP, and Web Dev as a Final-Year Engineering Student

Honest reflections on juggling three technical domains simultaneously — the cognitive cost, the surprising synergies, and what I'd tell my past self.

June 202512 min read

Hermes AI Agent by Nous Research: Architecture, Self-Learning Loop, and Getting Started

A deep dive into Hermes — the open-source AI agent framework with a closed self-learning loop, persistent memory, 40+ tools, and multi-platform deployment via a single gateway.

Google Cloud vs DigitalOcean: A Practical Guide for Side-Project Developers

DevOps

June 202510 min read

Google Cloud vs DigitalOcean: A Practical Guide for Side-Project Developers

A hands-on comparison of Google Cloud and DigitalOcean from a developer who runs production workloads on both — covering pricing, managed services, and when to use each.

Grafana + Prometheus Monitoring Stack for Your VPS: Complete Setup Guide

DevOps

June 202511 min read

Grafana + Prometheus Monitoring Stack for Your VPS: Complete Setup Guide

Set up a production-grade Grafana and Prometheus monitoring stack on a VPS using Docker Compose, with Node Exporter, alerting via Telegram, and real PromQL dashboards.

Zero-Downtime Deployments with NGINX Blue-Green on a Single VPS

DevOps

June 20259 min read

Zero-Downtime Deployments with NGINX Blue-Green on a Single VPS

Implement blue-green deployments on a single VPS using NGINX and Docker — swap live traffic between two containers with a shell script and achieve true zero-downtime releases.

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