Well I finally wrote an app to use Archive.org to fetch all the old content from my first blog. Which ended in 2010. mostlylucid.co.uk.
Apparently I changed the server AND how I updated it throughout...
Monday, 24 November 2025 23:00
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2 minute read
My system, DiSE, is a self-optimizing, self-assembling, software engineering grounded workflow builder. It generates testable code artifacts, evaluates them objectively, and evolves them over time...
Monday, 24 November 2025 18:00
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16 minute read
So you might have noticed hundreds of "new" blog posts appearing recently. Well, they're not new at all - they're OLD. Like, 2004 old. I finally built a tool to rescue my content from the digital...
Monday, 24 November 2025 12:00
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10 minute read
Running MigrateAsync() at startup? You're giving your app database owner rights and hoping nothing goes wrong. There's a better way - EF migration bundles let you run migrations as a controlled CI...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 18:39
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10 minute read
Just a very quick response to a query someone had. Even though it says "© Scott Galloway 2024" at the bottom it's technically incorrect (well copyright is automatic but YOU have the absolute right to...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 18:39
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Less than a minute
Backpressure is the unsung hero of distributed systems. It's what keeps your queues from bursting at the seams when producers are firing messages faster than consumers can chew through them. Put...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 14:00
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17 minute read
📖 Related to the RAG Series: This article provides a deep dive into Qdrant, the vector database used in:
Part 4: ONNX & Qdrant Implementation - Building semantic search
Part 5: Hybrid Search &...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 13:00
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9 minute read
When you've been blogging since 2004 (yes, really), you accumulate a lot of digital detritus. I recently imported my old posts from 2004-2009 ( https://www.mostlylucid.net/blog/category/Imported) and...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 10:35
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19 minute read
Why treating your branch as a sandbox—and play as legitimate work—produces better software with less stress.
Hot take: Most developers are trying to be perfect at every stage of development, and it's...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 10:00
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20 minute read
📖 Part of the RAG Series: This is Part 5 - production integration patterns:
Part 1: RAG Origins and Fundamentals - What embeddings are, why they matter
Part 2: RAG Architecture and Internals -...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 12:00
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9 minute read
