There was a time when the Chief Data Officer lived in the shadows of the enterprise. Their office lights burned late into the night as they combed through spreadsheets and compliance reports. They were the guardians of accuracy, the custodians of governance, the ones who made sure the numbers lined up neatly in quarterly filings. It was important work, but it rarely stirred excitement. They were the keepers of yesterday, and the world saw them that way.But the world itself was changing. Data was no longer just a record of the past. It was becoming the raw material of the…
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Earlier, I wrote about yt-dlp, the powerful command-line tool for downloading videos from hundreds of websites, which is an incredible tool that many Linux users have come to rely on, but let’s be honest, not everyone loves working exclusively in the terminal, and sometimes you just want a quick, visual way to download videos without typing commands. Enter ytDownloader: a modern graphical interface that brings the power of yt-dlp to your desktop with a user-friendly design. From yt-dlp to ytDownloader: Why the GUI If you read my previous article on yt-dlp, you know it’s an amazing tool to download videos…
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Unlimited access to Docker Hardened Images: Because security should be affordable, always Every organization we speak with shares the same goal: to deliver software that is secure and free of CVEs. Near-zero CVEs is the ideal state. But achieving that ideal is harder than it sounds, because paradoxes exist at every step. Developers patch quickly, yet new CVEs appear faster than fixes can ship. Organizations standardize on…
Architect and build advanced Filament PHP admin panels, custom resources, and widgets. Develop Laravel 11 applications with clean, testable, and reusable code. Build interactive UI components using Livewire, Alpine.js, and Inertia.js. Implement complex eCommerce features — carts, checkout, payments, product variants, discounts, and fulfillment integrations. Write and maintain automated tests using Pest PHP to ensure code quality. Integrate with third-party APIs such as payment gateways, shipping systems, and CRMs. Optimize for performance, caching, and database efficiency. Contribute to architectural decisions for scalability and maintainability across multiple projects. Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and other developers in agile sprints. Perform…
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“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.”Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.””How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.”You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland(2025-Oct-13) Recently, when I attended one of the IT conferences, there was a session where a presenter brought up the topic of ad-hoc data requests. The entire conference, and this particular session, was filled with AI narratives and promises of quick paths to data results driven by simple conversational queries. The presenter mentioned…
I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places and wanted to try it locally. ThisIf you want to get started, read my post on setting up a Local LLM. This post gives an alternative to connecting to the container from the CLI and running a command.This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. Adding a ModelUsing the Ollama-WebUI server, it’s easy to add models. I wrote about setting up the UI and I’m running that as my interface to the local model. I created a new container for this post, so…
Job RequirementsYou’re an experienced developer with excellent programming skills and a deep understanding of modern software architecture.You’re fluent in PHP/Laravel, comfortable with Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks, and at ease working in cloud-native, serverless environments — particularly AWS.You have a strong grasp of asynchronous processing, queues, and caching mechanisms such as Redis, and you build systems with security and performance in mind.You’re confident managing servers and environments — not because you’re a DevOps engineer, but because you know how everything fits together.Most importantly, you’re a clear communicator, a collaborative teammate, and someone who takes ownership of what you build.Why Join…
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