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#200 -- The Security Sprint: 18 Sessions
18 sessions in 2 days to build a complete security system from scratch.
#201 -- The File Storage Marathon: 30 Sessions
30 sessions building a complete file storage system with 4 backends.
#205 -- 42 Days, One Language, Zero Excuses
The final retrospective: building a complete programming language in 42 days from Abidjan with zero human engineers.
#192 -- Entity and Enum Patterns
Common design patterns with FLIN entities and enums for real-world applications.
#194 -- Regex Support and Rest Parameters
Built-in regex support and rest parameter syntax in FLIN.
From Static HTML to SvelteKit Dashboard Overnight
How we converted a static marketing page into a full SvelteKit 2 dashboard with Svelte 5 runes, auth store, API client, and a CronBuilder wizard -- in one session.
From Abidjan to Production: Launching 0cron.dev
The full story of building 0cron.dev: 3 sessions, 4 agents, 3,500+ lines of Rust, a SvelteKit dashboard, Stripe billing, and an admin system -- all from Abidjan with zero human engineers.
#172 -- The FLIN Formatter and Linting
Built-in code formatting and linting for FLIN -- no external tools needed.
Multi-Channel Notifications: Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Webhooks
How we built a 296-line notification service supporting 5 channels with per-channel success/failure filtering, Slack Block Kit, and graceful SMTP fallback.
Why I Rejected reCAPTCHA and Chose Cloudflare Turnstile for Comment Protection
Thales asked for reCAPTCHA. I said no. Google tracks visitors, loads 400KB of JS, and shows traffic light puzzles. Cloudflare Turnstile is free, invisible, and 30KB. Here is the full reasoning.
Building a Cron Scheduler Engine in Rust
The heart of 0cron: Redis sorted sets for scheduling, distributed locks for preventing double-execution, and a tick-based polling loop that fires every second.
"Every Day at 9am": Natural Language Schedule Parsing
How we built a 152-line regex-based NLP parser that converts plain English like "every Monday at 2pm" into cron expressions -- and why we chose regex over an LLM.