#ai#llm#writing#discuss
The "AI" Badge Doesn't Measure What You Think It Does
Anthropic signed the EU AI Act's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, and...
Pascal CESCATO7 min read
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Full-stack dev sharing practical guides on WordPress, n8n automation, AI tools, Docker & self-hosting. Always experimenting with new tech to make life easier.
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#networking#devops#vps#linux
When Your VPS Never Had the Resources It Was Sold With
I needed a VPS to run CyberPanel. Simple enough: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD, IPv6 only. CyberPanel...
Pascal CESCATO5 min read
#cybersecurity#devops#infrastructure#linux
CyberPanel's SSL Auto-Renewal Can Silently Fail — Here's the Fix
Last week I was doing a routine check on a CyberPanel server and noticed something that didn't add...
Pascal CESCATO4 min read
#webdev#selfhosted#opensource#security
What Replacing Calendly Taught Me About Trusting Open Source
cal.com, Calendly, zcal... booking SaaS isn't short on options, and most of them are genuinely...
Pascal CESCATO11 min read
#devchallenge#bugsmash#postgres#database
Eighty Percent Done Is Not a Real Number
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories powered by Sentry. Why this...
Pascal CESCATO10 min read
#career#discuss#webdev#showdev
Unboxable in Tech: The Evidence Locker
Eleven exhibits, last time. A career that kept refusing to fit inside a single box — trainer,...
Pascal CESCATO9 min read
#ai#geopolitics#hardware#fiction
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Santa Clara, 2029. A speculative fiction about hegemony, sanctions, and the playbook nobody followed.
Pascal CESCATO5 min read
#ai#benchmark#devops#webdev
Too cheap to be good? Think again.
I replaced aaPanel/OpenLiteSpeed with Caddy and shell scripts and turned the process into a benchmark. Two phases (architecture then code), one external code review. The winning model? Not the one you'd expect.
Pascal CESCATO14 min read
#devchallenge#wecoded#dei#career
Unboxable in Tech
This is a submission for the 2026 WeCoded Challenge: Echoes of Experience "I don't know which box...
Pascal CESCATO7 min read
#devchallenge#showdev#weekendchallenge
RFC 1516: A Build for the Community That Keeps 418 Alive
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Community In the comments of my last article,...
Pascal CESCATO6 min read
#fun#http#python#webdev
Stop Ignoring RFC 2324. It's the Most Important Protocol You've Never Implemented.
HTCPCP/1.0, the 418 teapot, a full interactive dashboard, and why a 1998 April Fools RFC teaches better software design than most tech books.
Pascal CESCATO8 min read
#discuss#programming#writing#devjournal
Your Article Isn’t the Real Content
The article is often the least interesting thing that happens after you publish. Not always. But...
Pascal CESCATO2 min read
#career#discuss#productivity#writing
Who Are We Still Writing Technical Articles For?
I recently read an article by @miracool asking the question: do people still genuinely care about technical articles? My answer is nuanced: yes, but not
Pascal CESCATO6 min read
#devchallenge#githubchallenge#cli#githubcopilot
Actually Static: When WordPress Stops Being the Enemy
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge This post is for developers who like...
Pascal CESCATO24 min read
#devchallenge#githubchallenge#cli#githubcopilot
From Local SQLite Scripts to a Cloud Platform with GitHub Copilot CLI
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge From SQLite CLI to Cloud Platform: How I...
Pascal CESCATO9 min read
#symfony#ai#performance#php
Symfony AI: When a School Bus Painted as a Rocket Pretends to Go to Orbit
_Technical satire You'd almost want to believe it. One fine morning, Symfony announces its "AI"...
Pascal CESCATO6 min read
#nginx#webperf#systemsthinking#career
Being Right Too Early: What NGINX in 2010 Taught Me About Tech Adoption
How shipping NGINX in production before it was 'safe' became my playbook for Caddy, Astro—and for...
Pascal CESCATO15 min read
#devto#analytics#python#opensource
When DEV.to Stats Aren't Enough: Building My Own Memory
One Tuesday morning at 9:14 AM, my six-month-old article got 37 views in 20 minutes. DEV.to's...
Pascal CESCATO12 min read
#devops#streamlit#security#finops
Why Streamlit + Cloud Run is a Billing Trap (and How I Fixed It)
The Initial Shock: When Your Demo Becomes a Target. On January 4th, 2026, I deployed my "Knowledge...
Pascal CESCATO6 min read
#devchallenge#googleaichallenge#portfolio#gemini
Beyond the Linear CV
This is a submission for the New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Presented by Google AI ...
Pascal CESCATO10 min read
#devjournal#writing#watercooler#mentalhealth
Respiration
A slow retrospective on a season of writing, and the quiet transition now opening between fatigue,...
Pascal CESCATO6 min read
#webdev#wordpress#astro#productivity
From WordPress to Astro: Three Days to Reclaim Control
When performance, simplicity, and control replace endless maintenance. 1. The Tipping...
Pascal CESCATO8 min read
#database#vectordatabase#sql#architecture
MyScaleDB: Why Vector Databases Need SQL (The 2025 Reality Check)
Context: I'm architecting a system analyzing 26M+ legal documents per year across 188,000 family law...
Pascal CESCATO10 min read
#webdev#wordpress#ai#hugo
WordPress to Hugo: Lightning Fast Sites
I shared how I transformed my old laptop into a home server. That experimental setup became the...
Pascal CESCATO7 min read
#sql#database#architecture#performance
Using CTEs When Your ORM Says No (The Lazy Developer's Survival Guide)
You just spent two articles learning about CTEs. You're excited. You've seen the power. You...
Pascal CESCATO14 min read
#ai#python#database#dataengineering
Building Reliable Legal AI: Never Missing a Supreme Court Case
When Three AI Tools Missed Three SCOTUS Decisions: A Technical Post-Mortem A roadmap to build...
Pascal CESCATO26 min read
#agile#productivity#performance#programming
The Control Paradox: How Letting Go Made My Team More Productive
After exposing the theater (I) and watching its actors perfect their organized laziness (II), it’s...
Pascal CESCATO8 min read
#database#sql
Recursive CTEs: Because Writing Nested Loops for Trees is Psychopathic (and a Little Masochistic Too)
One SQL query to traverse entire hierarchies. No loops, no N+1 queries, no tears. Just elegant...
Pascal CESCATO10 min read
#agile#productivity#performance#programming
Efficient Laziness at Scale: The Agile Team I Never Needed
It was never there. And if it had been, I’d have dissolved it on day one. How I run my mega...
Pascal CESCATO7 min read
#sql#database#performance#productivity
Your ORM is Lying to You About SQL (CTEs Explained)
Readable SQL isn’t a myth. It’s a WITH. You know that feeling when you open a SQL query you wrote...
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