This Fixes: npm ERESOLVE Peer Dependency Conflict
npm install fails with ERESOLVE when a package demands a peer your tree cannot satisfy. Fix it by reading the conflict, using overrides, and verifying with npm ls.
Pillar: Pillar 15 - Technical Debt & Sustainability
Pillar 15 · Evolve
Why I Migrated From Jenkins to GitHub Actions (and What I Kept On Jenkins)
A hands-on account of moving pipelines off self-hosted Jenkins to GitHub Actions, with the honest trade-offs and the builds I deliberately kept on Jenkins.
Why Did My Docker Image Balloon to 2GB
A 2GB image almost always means a full-OS base, apt caches left in a layer and the whole build context copied in. Here is how to find the weight with dive and docker history, and the fixes that actually shrink it.
Migrating to ESLint 9 Flat Config Without Breaking Your Lint Rules
Port a project from .eslintrc to ESLint 9’s flat eslint.config.js, wire up TypeScript and Prettier, use the compat shims, and dodge the ordering traps that silently break rules.
Taming Large Binaries With Git LFS: Setup, Migration, and the Bandwidth Trap
A practitioner’s guide to adopting Git LFS on a repo already bloated with binaries: migrating existing history with git lfs migrate import, tracking patterns, locking, and the bandwidth trap.
Don’t forget Server 2016 dies on 12 January — this is a Q4 project, not a January one
Windows Server 2016 stops getting security updates on 12 January 2027. That makes it a Q4 2026 project: inventory every 2016 host now, then decide migrate, move, or ESU per box — before you are running unpatched through the migration window.
DRY CI: Reusable Workflows and Composite Actions in GitHub Actions
Factor a shared build-test-deploy sequence into a reusable workflow and composite action, wire inputs, secrets and outputs, and version it by tag so fixes propagate.
The Repository Pattern in a FastAPI App: Decoupling Routes From SQLAlchemy
Scattering ORM queries through FastAPI route handlers welds your API to the database. A repository layer gives you an interface to depend on, a fake to test against, and a clean seam for change.
Don’t forget the Office estate nobody has audited since 2021
Office LTSC 2021 and perpetual Office 2021 stop receiving security updates on 13 October 2026. The hard part isn’t the migration, it’s finding every install first.
Why Did Autovacuum Stall and My Table Keep Bloating?
Dead tuples keep climbing even though autovacuum runs. Find the idle transaction, prepared xact or stale replication slot pinning the xmin horizon, and reclaim the space.