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MD Rafikul Islam is a software developer and editor of TechPulse. He writes about developer tools, hardware, AI, and practical technology decisions. Some articles are based on cited documentation and analysis rather than hands-on testing; readers should check each article for sources and testing disclosures. Corrections are welcome at rony.yf25@gmail.com.
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A hands-on 2026 guide to running and lightly fine-tuning open-weight LLMs on your own machine with Ollama: setup, hardware requirements, Modelfiles, LoRA fine-tuning, and when local beats the…
A practical, code-first guide to Python asyncio in 2026: event loops, coroutines, tasks, async context managers, gather vs TaskGroup, and the mistakes that silently kill performance.
Every way to merge dictionaries in Python — the | operator, {**d1, **d2}, .update(), dict(), and ChainMap. Performance comparison and when to use each.
Skip years off the junior-to-senior timeline with the strategies that actually work — what senior developers actually do differently, and how to get there faster.
Build a real-time chat and notification system with WebSockets, Socket.io, Node.js, and Redis Pub/Sub. Complete code with scaling strategies.
We benchmarked the fastest external SSDs for dev workflows in 2026 — including Docker image caching, Git repos, and video projects. Real-world speeds tested.
Fix the 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories' error with safe solutions — when to use --allow-unrelated-histories and better alternatives.
Honest 2026 assessment of Web3 development — what survived, what died, real job market data, and whether to invest learning time in blockchain.
Add Google sign-in to your Next.js 15 app with NextAuth v5. Complete setup including callbacks, session handling, protected routes, and database integration.
We tested the top mechanical keyboards for coding daily for 2 months. Real typing feel, programmability, ergonomics, and build quality reviewed.