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Inside Linux Namespaces: A Deep Dive into the Kernel Primitives Behind Modern Containers

Namespaces are the unsung kernel feature behind every container runtime. This post walks through the eight namespace types, how they appear in the kernel, and how Docker, Kubernetes, and runc compose them into the isolation boundary you trust in production.

September 2, 2026 · 11 min · 2242 words · martinuke0
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Optimizing Small Language Models for Local Edge Inference: A Production-Ready Guide

How to ship small language models to local edge devices without falling into the usual latency, memory, or quality traps. Covers quantization, llama.cpp, batching, and the operational metrics that actually matter.

September 2, 2026 · 11 min · 2310 words · martinuke0
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Designing Resilient Circuit Breakers in Service Meshes: Patterns for Production-Ready Microservices

A practitioner’s guide to designing circuit breakers in service meshes, with concrete patterns for failure detection, isolation, and recovery in production microservices.

September 2, 2026 · 12 min · 2462 words · martinuke0
Dashboard panels showing CPU utilization, memory saturation queues, and network error counters.

Mastering the USE Method: A Comprehensive Guide to Utilization, Saturation, and Error Analysis

Learn how to apply the USE method to systematically diagnose performance bottlenecks in production systems by checking utilization, saturation, and errors for every resource.

September 2, 2026 · 12 min · 2439 words · martinuke0
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Building a Mini Search Engine with an Inverted Index and TF-IDF: A Hands-On CV Project

A hands-on build guide for a portfolio-grade search engine: tokenize documents, build an inverted index, rank with TF-IDF, and ship something that actually works. Includes runnable code, tests, and a roadmap of upgrades that turn the toy into production-flavored work.

September 2, 2026 · 12 min · 2439 words · martinuke0
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