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Stories from the Lab

Technical deep dives, case studies, and lessons learned from the lab. Like bedtime stories, but for developers.

SecurityPaolo Castro

Own Your Passwords with Pass and GPG

Take control of your passwords with pass, a Unix password manager that uses GPG encryption and Git for synchronization. No cloud subscriptions, no vendor lock-in, just encrypted files you own.

#security#gpg#passwords#privacy#git
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Paolo Castro

Practical Optimization Beyond Big-O

Optimization is often taught as an algorithmic problem, but in real-world systems the biggest gains usually come from reducing IO, batching operations, and leveraging concurrency.

#javascript#promises
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