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Edge systems

Reverse proxies, policy enforcement, CDNs, and logic that runs close to the user instead of in the backend.

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Pingora, WAF and traffic inspection
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  1. 2026

  2. articleAfter PHP Gate: A Blueprint for the Static Web

    Last week's PHP flaws reached every PHP installation serving web requests. My blueprint for sites and apps that run no code per request at all.

    Applied securityEdge systemsThe open webZolaWebAssemblyRustContext engineering

    27 min read · 10 chapters

  3. articleTraffic Replay as a Security Primitive

    WAF tuning is a guessing game because you cannot reproduce the traffic that triggered the rule. Deterministic replay changes that.

    Applied securityWAF and traffic inspectionEdge systemsReliabilityDeterminismDeveloper tooling

    12 min read · 8 chapters

  4. articleThe Economics of InferenceEN中한

    Inference tokens are not API calls. They are a metered resource that is consumed, generates value, and correlates with power draw. The economics of the post-AI world look less like software and more like water, electricity, and gas.

    InferenceEconomicsSovereigntyEdge systemsGPUsEnergySemiconductors

    12 min read · 6 chapters

  5. articleWhat Zentinel Is Really Optimizing For

    Every major proxy was a product of its time. Zentinel is built for this one: safety, operability, and the operator's ability to sleep.

    Edge systemsApplied securityWAF and traffic inspectionIsolationTrustObservabilityRustPingora

    18 min read · 8 chapters

  6. articleArchipelag.io Is in Open Beta: Here's Why I Built It

    From watching Ethereum miners in 2016 to building a decentralized compute network in open beta. Architecture, conviction, and the long road.

    Distributed systemsEdge systemsSovereigntyInferenceIsolationSelf-hostingCryptocurrencyElixirRust

    23 min read · 11 chapters

  7. articleEdge Systems Are the New Backend

    Auth, policy, and business logic are migrating to the edge. The traditional backend is becoming a persistence layer.

    Edge systemsApplied securityDistributed systemsLocal-firstWAF and traffic inspectionRustPingora

    30 min read · 9 chapters

  8. 2025

  9. articleLooking back on 2025

    On reading Tim Berners-Lee in Okinawa, and why AI might accidentally save the web from itself.

    DecentralisationAttention economyOpen standardsEdge systemsThis siteThe commonsEmergenceSurveillance

    7 min read · 1 chapters

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