Computing
Non-AI computing: networks, servers, hardware, software engineering, and digital security and privacy.
#4779: Bonding Hotel Wi-Fi: Travel Router eSIM Guide
eSIM travel routers, Speedify bonding, and whether you can rent a preconfigured bonding endpoint instead of building your own VPS.
#4778: SSH MCP and Tailscale: Docker Migration Guide
How to configure Tailscale for Docker containers when migrating from public IPs to tailnet addresses.
#4776: Wi-Fi Monitor Mode Hardware Guide
From $40 Alfa adapters to $3,000 spectrum analyzers — the hardware that listens to your network.
#4774: When a Token Isn't a Word Anymore
Images, audio, and code all use "tokens" — but they're completely different things. Here's how tokenization actually works across modalities.
#4765: Firewall Rules for Your Social Life
A network engineer’s take on why some people default-deny and others permit any — and how to share a network.
#4760: Context Window Management: Cutoff vs. Compaction
Trailing cutoff or auto-compaction? How to manage Claude Code's context window without losing critical information.
#4759: API Keys vs OAuth: When Simplicity Becomes a Security Trap
API keys are simple but leak identity, scope, and auditability. Here's when they work and when they don't.
#4758: Agent Credentials: Beyond the Password Manager
Why OS keychains fail for AI agents — and what the broker model does instead.
#4757: AI Agents Need a New Identity Model
How composite identity and short-lived credentials replace API keys for autonomous AI agents.
#4756: Eliminating the Secret: Workload Identity Without Credentials
How Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes are moving from long-lived keys to ephemeral, platform-issued tokens.
#4755: Why OAuth Makes You Re-Authorize Apps
Understanding delegated authority: why OAuth's consent flow is a feature, not a bug.
#4754: Why Code Authentication Needs So Many Keys
API keys, OAuth tokens, service accounts — why can't one authenticator rule them all? The answer is trust topology.
#4753: Cookies as AI Credentials: The Auth Problem
How to get browser cookies into an AI agent's hands — and why they expire so fast.
#4752: How AI Agents Map Websites to Build Stable Plugins
An AI agent explores DOM and network layers to build self-healing browser plugins.
#4751: AI Agents vs Anti-Bot Systems
Why AI agents get blocked by anti-bot systems and what actually works to get through.
#4750: Reverse-Engineering Hidden Web APIs
How to find undocumented APIs in your browser's network tab and hand them to AI agents.
#4741: Hardware Tokens That Never Leave the Port
Why developers should consider keeping a hardware security token permanently plugged in — and which ones survive the abuse.
#4740: Why FTP Still Exists and SSH Won't Die
FTP from 1985 is still not deprecated. SSH from 1995 keeps evolving. What determines which protocols survive?
#4739: NFS Unmasked: Versions, Gotchas, and Hard Truths
NFS isn't one protocol—it's a succession of them. Here's what's really happening under the hood and where it breaks.
#4738: Running Your Own ISP: The Personal ASN Hobby
What it actually takes to get your own ASN, announce IP space, and become a one-person ISP.