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SSL Certificates Are Less Scary Than I Thought
10 Sep 2026

SSL Certificates Are Less Scary Than I Thought

I always assumed HTTPS setup involved buying certificates and manually configuring complicated cryptography. Using Let's Encrypt w...

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Why I Split Categories Into Their Own Table
10 Sep 2026

Why I Split Categories Into Their Own Table

In the first version of this blog, categories were just a plain text field on each post. It worked, but it meant no real structure...

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Image Uploads: Getting CRUD Right the Second Time
10 Sep 2026

Image Uploads: Getting CRUD Right the Second Time

Adding image uploads to posts was straightforward the first time around, but I hadn't thought about what happens to old files when...

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Deploying to a Real Server: Lessons from AS02
10 Sep 2026

Deploying to a Real Server: Lessons from AS02

Moving from Laravel Herd on my laptop to an actual production VPS was a different kind of challenge entirely. Suddenly things like...

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