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Notes from the desk.Code, design, and the in-between.

·8 min read·ObservabilitySigNozClaude CodeOpenTelemetrySelf-Hosted

Watch Claude Watch You: Putting Claude Code Under a Self-Hosted SigNoz Microscope

Claude Code already speaks OpenTelemetry. Point it at a SigNoz container running on your laptop and you get a free, private dashboard of every token, tool call, and quota tick. No cloud, no key, no monthly bill.

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·7 min read·Google SheetsApps ScriptContact FormNo Backend

The Free, Unlimited Contact Form Backend Hiding in Your Google Account

Stop paying per-submission. A Google Sheet plus a 12-line script is the spreadsheet-as-backend trick powering my own portfolio. Here's how to wire one up in under an hour.

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·5 min read·Next.jsMDXBuild in Public

Scaffolding an MDX Blog into a Next.js Portfolio

A meta-post on how this very blog was built. File by file, dependency by dependency, with infographics that animate inside the prose.

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