WhatsApp on a classic BlackBerry: a practical J2ME guide
Bring messaging to a classic BlackBerry with WhatsApp J2ME: host the Baileys bridge, build your client in the browser, and link your account by QR code.
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Development logs, learnings, thoughts, and coding adventures from lacorte.dev.
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NestJS Reference Backend: Auth Built for Real Products
How the NestJS reference template handles social login, Active Directory, Argon2id, and mobile-friendly OAuth — for teams who need a solid starting point, not another demo that only supports Google.
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Building an OCPP CSMS in Node.js: From Zero to Talking Stations
A practical introduction to OCPP for Node developers. Learn how charging stations talk to a Central System, how JSON-over-WebSocket framing works, and how to grow a minimal CSMS from BootNotification to real sessions.
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Plausible Deniability Encryption: Build a Hidden Volume That Survives a Border Search
Create a LUKS2 outer volume with a hidden inner volume, automate unlocking with a keyfile trigger, and verify the setup survives forensic inspection — all with standard cryptsetup tooling.
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Run Your Own MCP Server Locally: stdio Transport, Zero Cloud Bills, Actual Control
Build a production-grade MCP server that runs locally via stdio transport, expose your existing CLI tools to any LLM client (Claude Desktop, Continue, Cline), and skip the cloud vendor tax entirely.
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Your Localhost Deserves a Real Domain: Cloudflare Tunnels, mTLS, and Post-Quantum Prep
Replace ngrok with Cloudflare Tunnels, add mTLS for service-to-service auth, and prepare your origins for post-quantum authentication — all from your laptop.
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Run a Local LLM with Streaming, Tool Calling, and a Privacy Proxy — No Cloud Required
Wire up a local LLM with WebSocket streaming, MCP tool calling, and OHTTP privacy proxy using only Docker, standard CLIs, and config files — no API keys, no cloud accounts.
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CI That Doesn't Suck: Build a Pipeline That Catches Real Bugs Before You Merge
Stop treating CI as a checkbox. Build a GitHub Actions pipeline with linting, type-checking, contract tests, and security scanning that runs in under 3 minutes and actually prevents production incidents.
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Dependency Updates Without the Midnight Pager Alert: A Practical Workflow
Stop fearing dependency updates. Build a workflow with automated testing gates, local reproduction scripts, and merge policies that catch breaking changes before they hit production.
dockerci-cdsecurity+3
Stop Guessing: Debug Your Cache Layers from CLI to CDN
A complete workflow for tracing cache misses across browser, CDN, and origin using curl, headers, and runtime logs — no vendor dashboards required.
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Cache Invalidation Strategies That Don't Suck: HTTP Caching, Debugging, and Not Serving Stale Garbage
Master HTTP caching headers, debug cache misses with curl, and build invalidation strategies that work — without vendor lock-in or magic.
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NestJS Reference Backend, Six Months Later
Docker Compose, Graylog, health checks, bilingual docs, and CQRS-ready repos — what changed in my NestJS reference backend since January.
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How to Select All E-mails on Old Gmail Interface
I created a Firefox extension to add a 'select all e-mails' button to the old Gmail interface. It worked. It was simple. And I just archived it. Classic.
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RouterOS Script For BetterStack: Why Did I Do This?
I created a RouterOS script to send logs to BetterStack at a completely inopportune moment. I should have rested. But I didn't. And now I'm here writing about it.
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NestJS Reference Backend
A comprehensive NestJS backend template with everything you could possibly need. And probably a lot you don't. It's a reference project which you can use as a start point for anything.
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Alpha Vantage SDK for Node.js
A 7 year old NPM package I created to wrap the Alpha Vantage API. It's simple, it's old, and it's still on NPM. Don't judge me.
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Network Scanner CGI Script
A blast from the past: a CGI script I wrote in college for network scanning. It's old, it's bash, and it's probably terrible. But hey, it worked!
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Hey there!
A quick intro about who I am, what I do, and the tech stack I love working with.
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This Site (Yes, The One You're Reading Right Now)
A meta post about lacorte.dev — the bilingual developer site you're on — not the old Fallout-terminal blog that used to live in my head.
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