Development
Choosing a Database in 2026: PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB?
PostgreSQL is the right default, and this article will argue for it. The interesting part is the shorter list of cases where it is the wrong answer.
Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul
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Server
Guides and explainers on hosting, domains and building for the web.
Development
Docker for Beginners: From Zero to Deployed
Every Docker mistake beginners make comes from one missing idea. Here is the model first, then the commands — and the file that will otherwise delete your database.
Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul
AI
Self-Hosting an LLM vs Using an API in 2026
Self-hosting looks cheaper right up until you do the arithmetic on idle GPU time. Here is the actual break-even, the three reasons that are genuinely good, and the ones that are not.
Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul
Security
How to Secure a Linux Server: The Checklist That Matters
Most hardening guides list thirty steps as though they were equal. Four of them stop almost every real compromise. Here they are first, followed by the rest in the order they are worth doing.
Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul
Web Hosting
Shared Hosting vs VPS vs Dedicated: Which Do You Actually Need?
The three tiers are easy to define and hard to choose between. Here are the signals from your own site that tell you which one you are on the wrong side of — and why managed vs unmanaged is the bigger decision.
Md. Ashraful Alam Shemul