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Posts, field notes and technical ideas with commercial intent.

This is where I publish about DevOps, CTO work, SaaS, automation, bots, infra, AI, OpenClaw, MCP and real systems.

DevOps
systems, infra, delivery

architecture, execution and operational thinking.

SaaS
product and business

building products that can validate, sell and scale.

AI
agents and tooling

practical AI, automations and technical leverage.

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Linux terminal and production process monitoring

Mobile Automation

PM2, Supervisor or systemd: how to keep bots running in production

PM2, Supervisor and systemd can restart bot processes, but stability depends on lifecycle design, durable state and useful monitoring.

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Startup team reviewing product and technology decisions

CTO & Product

What a CTO really does in a small startup

A startup CTO turns business priorities into a technical system the team can deliver, operate and change without uncontrolled risk.

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Laravel & Backend

Laravel Horizon vs Supervisor: what to choose and why

Horizon manages and observes Redis queues; Supervisor keeps the Horizon process alive. In production, they often solve different layers together.

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CTO & Product

Fractional CTO: when to hire one and what they should deliver

Know when part-time technical leadership is enough, what a fractional CTO should own and which outcomes justify the investment.

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Instagram and Proxies

How to monitor automated Instagram accounts with logs and alerts

Build privacy-aware monitoring that detects session, workload and integration failures before they affect every authorized account.

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Scraping & Leads

Marketplace scraping: prices, leads and business opportunities

Design a stable marketplace data pipeline for pricing, lead qualification and opportunity detection without losing provenance or control.

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Instagram and Proxies

Mobile proxy for Instagram: basic setup for bots and antidetect browsers

Configure mobile proxy routing as a controlled infrastructure component, with one session owner, conservative limits and auditable operation.

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Instagram and Proxies

Why an Instagram account gets blocked even when you use a proxy

A proxy changes network routing, but it cannot repair inconsistent sessions, excessive activity or non-compliant automation.

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Infrastructure and DevOps

Ubuntu server: essential checklist before production

Prepare an Ubuntu server for production with secure access, controlled services and tested recovery.

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Mobile Automation

How to scale bots without building a time bomb

Scale automation by controlling work, failures and capacity instead of multiplying fragile processes.

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Infra & DevOps

Cloudflare for small projects: DNS, SSL, caching and security

Configure Cloudflare conservatively for reliable DNS, HTTPS, useful caching and proportionate security.

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Mobile Automation

Mobile farm: real costs, architecture and maintenance

Plan a maintainable Android mobile farm with realistic capacity, power, connectivity and replacement costs.

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