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AI & Automation
Feb 13, 2026

The Pragmatic Agentic Stack with MCP

Beyond the LLM hype: How to build autonomous agentic workflows that actually improve engineering productivity using Model Context Protocol.

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Infrastructure
Feb 13, 2026

The €0/Month Web Presence Architecture

Leveraging "Always Free" tiers to host stable, professional-grade web and mail presence for just the cost of a domain name.

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Backup
Jan 15, 2026

Backing up to Cloud Storage with Restic

Learn how to implement modern, fast, and encrypted off-site backups using Restic for maximum data security at minimum cost.

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Kubernetes
Dec 06, 2025

NGINX Ingress is Dead. Should We Panic?

The community controller is retiring. Learn why this is the perfect time to migrate to Istio and the modern Gateway API.

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DevOps
Nov 05, 2025

The Pragmatic Pipeline: CI/CD for $0

Ditch the Jenkins overhead. Learn how to build powerful automation using Cloud Build and Terraform while staying within the free tier.

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Security
Oct 15, 2025

The $0 Edge WAF: ModSecurity on Cloud Run

Why pay $20/month for Cloud Armor? Learn how to run an OWASP ModSecurity sidecar directly on Cloud Run for professional security at zero cost.

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