Traditional multi-stage Docker builds for Rust applications are painfully slow. By switching to cargo-zigbuild for cross-compilation on the host machine, we slashed our build times …
AuthOS looked like it had a SQLite problem. It really had blocking crypto, noisy writes, audit logs on the hot path, and no load-shedding discipline.
A fast Rust and SQLite auth service is only interesting if it buys you a real product: multi-tenant SSO, OAuth, governance, analytics, and SDKs without renting an identity vendor.
A Rust and SQLite auth service collapsed, recovered, and eventually showed why a well-understood monolith can be economically serious before distributed machinery earns its keep.
You have a responsibility as a web developer to improve user experience. Improve performance and user experience by improving how you handle these few things.
In this short piece, I want to share how you can make a website that performs well for users. Speed is very essential.
Hugo is amazing for blazing fast static site generation. I felt that I should extend that by enabling PWA and adding self hosted comments to avoid Disqus. Here is how that works.