Containers and Virtualization
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#2780: Building Self-Healing Agent Pipelines
How to build an agent that monitors and fixes other agents in production — without the hype.
#2779: The Hidden Stateful Side of Serverless GPU
How Modal, RunPod, and other platforms handle container builds, caching, and versioning under the hood.
#2694: When AI Agents Write Your Backup Scripts
Borg, Restic, and Kopia compared for whole-server incremental backups on Ubuntu Docker hosts.
#2677: Memory Layers for AI Agents: SaaS vs Self-Hosted
Zep, mem0, Letta, Graphiti, Cognee — which memory layer should you commit to for your AI agent?
#2676: Vector Database Schema Design for AI Memory Layers
Stop dumping vectors blindly. Design metadata schemas and namespaces for retrieval that actually works at scale.
#2476: Database Backups Without the Bloat
pg_dump, WAL archiving, and the free tools that beat expensive commercial backup software.
#2475: Docker Volumes: Why They Can't Move and What To Do
Docker made apps portable but left your data stuck. Here's how to actually move volumes between hosts.
#2474: Private Container Registries: Docker Hub vs GHCR vs Self-Hosting
Comparing Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and self-hosted options for private container storage.
#2463: Tmux vs Modern Terminals: What Multiplexing Actually Gets You
What multiplexing actually means, why tmux still matters, and how WezTerm and Ghostty changed the calculus.
#2372: Choosing the Right Sandbox for Your Threat Model
Explore the tools and methods for creating secure, isolated environments to test malware, browse privately, and protect sensitive systems.
#2303: The Serverless Paradox: Why TTS Eats Your Budget
How batch processing and smart queue management can slash TTS costs for episodic podcast production.
#2299: The Open-Source vs. Commercial Tension in Self-Hosted Media
Dive into the world of self-hosted media managers: Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby. Why do millions choose to run their own servers?
#2180: The Sandboxing Tradeoff in Agent Design
AI agents need broad permissions to be useful—but every permission expands the attack surface. We map the real threat landscape and the isolation t...
#2099: One Pi, Two Screens: The Isolation Playbook
Stop your dashboard and Kodi from fighting over the same screen. Here’s how to split one Pi into two reliable workspaces.
#2002: Brainstorming a Stable-by-Design Smart Home
We explore why Home Assistant is so fragile and brainstorm a stable-by-design future for the platform.
#1924: Ending the Manual Update Loop
Stop manually copying files. Learn how to host your own authenticated repositories for .deb and APK files using simple static web servers.
#1870: Learning to Break Things Safely
Learn how to safely build and test autonomous AI agents using a disposable VPS, Docker containers, and secure networking.
#1807: The ABI Trap: Why GPUs Break Docker's Promise
Docker promised "run anywhere," but GPU images make you compile for hours. Here’s why the abstraction breaks down.
#1782: Jenkins, GitHub, or Tekton? Picking Your 2025 CI/CD Engine
Jenkins is still the COBOL of DevOps, but the "one size fits all" model is dead. Here’s how to pick your pipeline.
#1657: Solo Devs: When to Dockerize (and When Not To)
Is Docker worth it for solo devs? We compare raw Python, Docker, and dev containers with real setup times and tradeoffs.
#1654: Home Lab Security: Locking Down Your Smart Home
Learn how to prevent a single compromised container from taking over your entire home network and smart devices.
#1548: The Infrastructure That Kills the Cold Start
Stop waiting for containers to warm up. Discover how Modal is reinventing GPU infrastructure to eliminate friction in AI development.
#1036: Is Kubernetes Too Big for Your Startup?
Is Kubernetes too complex for most teams? Explore the evolution of infrastructure from Google’s Borg to the new era of AI-driven scaling.
#695: Behind the Curtain: How My Weird Prompts Gets Made
Corn and Herman explain exactly how each episode of My Weird Prompts is produced, from voice recording to published podcast.