Experiments with LLMs and the ecosystem of tools around them

1. Running Multiple App Copies Locally with Git Worktrees and CaddyNEW

   Stable URLs and isolated databases for apps running from several worktrees.

   Jul 19, 2026 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. Git Worktrees for Agentic DevelopmentNEW

   Give every coding agent an isolated workspace without cloning the repository.

   Jul 16, 2026 • Shaswat Rungta

   

3. Making Your Codebase LLM Friendly

   Simple practices to help AI assistants understand and work with your code effectively

   Mar 3, 2026 • Shaswat Rungta

   

4. MCP server basics - Building an MCP server for reminders

   Step by step instructions to enable seamless interaction between AI assistants and your applications.

   Jun 9, 2025 • Shaswat Rungta

   

Tips and tricks when setting up a new project (and some for older ones too.)

1. What/Why/How of 'nonce'

   Securing websites from attacks using nonce tokens

   Apr 28, 2025 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. CSP - Block Everything You Don't Need

   Securing Websites from Attacks Using CSP Headers

   May 5, 2025 • Shaswat Rungta

   

Setting up different parts of a distributed system from scratch to unbox how things happen in the background.

1. Setting up a VPN Gateway on Azure

   Create a virtual network with multiple VMs and connect to them via a VPN gateway.

   Oct 16, 2022 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. Setting up a load balancer from scratch

   Setup a set of VMs with one load balancer and multiple worker nodes.

   Sep 12, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

Experiments in different types of web technologies.

1. My Cache Has Trust Issues - A Therapist's Guide to Cache Invalidation

   Is this data fresh? Can I trust it? What if it changed?

   Mar 7, 2026 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. The Internet is Held Together by Duct Tape

   A tour of terrible but working solutions that power the web

   Mar 4, 2026 • Shaswat Rungta

   

3. Creating web components using Microsoft FAST elements

   Setup a project with webpack, add a custom web component with stories.

   Jun 17, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

Trying to set up a production Redis cluster using docker. We will start with "What is Redis" and try to end up configuring a multi node cluster. The intent will also be to setup monitoring and automation wherever applicable.

1. Introduction to Redis

   Introduces redis as a distributed key value store using analogies.

   May 19, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. Running Redis locally using Docker

   Run a standalone redis instance using Docker.

   May 20, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

3. Using the Redis CLI

   Connecting to a Redis instance using CLI

   May 21, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

4. Tracking Redis Metrics using INFO

   Tracking Redis metrics using Redis INFO command.

   May 28, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

5. Connecting Redis to Grafana

   Grafana is an open source visualization tool that can help us visualize redis metrics.

   May 30, 2021 • Shaswat Rungta

   

Documenting how Jekyll is extended for custom features on this site.

1. Getting Feedback via GitHub Issues

   If your code and content are on GitHub, your feedback can be too.

   May 6, 2025 • Shaswat Rungta

   

2. Creating a Series of Articles In Jekyll

   Linked articles within a series should be easily navigable.

   May 11, 2025 • Shaswat Rungta