About
About me, and what this blog is about.
About this blog
This is meiki's personal technical blog. I write down the problems I run into during real development, operations, and tinkering — the pitfalls I step in, the things I finally figure out — partly as notes for my future self, and partly in the hope that they help someone running into the same issue.
My principle for writing is simple: I only write about things I've actually built and verified myself. Almost every command, snippet, and configuration here was run on my own machine before it made it into a post, and I try to explain why it works rather than just dumping a "copy-paste and go" block of commands.
What you'll find here
The content mostly centers on these areas:
- AI & LLMs: building with the Claude API and other models, prompt engineering, AI agents, and shipping AI-powered features into real apps.
- SEO & GEO: search engine optimization, structured data and metadata, and generative engine optimization — getting content surfaced by AI-driven answer engines.
- Languages & fundamentals: Rust ownership, how a C program is compiled and executed, Linux kernel modules, and more.
- Protocols & networking: parsing the MySQL / Redis wire protocols, OAuth2.0 and JWT, mDNS, ZeroTier for NAT traversal, and so on.
- Linux & home servers: turning old laptops and mini PCs into Proxmox VE boxes, Docker deployment pitfalls, OpenWrt routers, etc.
- Frontend & tooling: Astro, Tauri, the Node.js toolchain, wiring Monaco up to an LSP, and similar topics.
- Indie hacking: the process of turning ideas into products, plus the experience of shipping to the App Store and publishing Chrome extensions.
About me
I'm meiki, a developer who likes building things, and I also work on a few of my own indie products. Rather than stopping at "knowing how something works," I prefer to actually make it run — whether that's shipping an app to the store, setting up a home server, or taking a protocol apart byte by byte until it makes sense.
Some of the things I've built are on the products page, including Kuuki (an air-quality app on the App Store), a few Chrome extensions, and the handful of online tools I use myself, listed under this site's Tools section.
Get in touch
If you have questions about a post, spot a mistake, or just want to chat, feel free to reach me via the contact page. You can also subscribe to the site's RSS feed for updates.
Thanks for reading.