Karanveer Singh Shaktawat

Karanveer Singh Shaktawat — Blog Technical articles on full stack development, infrastructure, Rust, and developer tooling. https://yourportfolio.example/blog en-us Tue, 12 May 2026 18:06:28 GMT https://yourportfolio.example/api/og Karanveer Singh Shaktawat — Blog https://yourportfolio.example/blog <![CDATA[I Built a Five-Layer AI Assistant Into My Portfolio Site. Here's Every Layer.]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/portfolio-ai-assistant-five-layers https://yourportfolio.example/blog/portfolio-ai-assistant-five-layers Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech ai nextjs vercel-ai-sdk google-cloud voice engineering <![CDATA[Running 116 Containers on My Laptop: Building a Personal Cloud from Scratch]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/116-containers-personal-cloud https://yourportfolio.example/blog/116-containers-personal-cloud Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech infrastructure self-hosting docker homelab tailscale <![CDATA[20 Million Emails, One Priority Queue: Fixing a Race Condition in Production Mailcow]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/mailcow-race-condition-priority-queue https://yourportfolio.example/blog/mailcow-race-condition-priority-queue Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech mailcow-deep-dive infrastructure email self-hosting mailcow postfix <![CDATA[9 Platforms, 1 Monorepo: Building an OTT Platform Solo in 5 Months]]> 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til <![CDATA[Running a Complete Local AI Stack on M1 Max: What Actually Works]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/local-ai-stack-m1-max https://yourportfolio.example/blog/local-ai-stack-m1-max Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech ai local-ai self-hosting macos <![CDATA[TIL: Rust Lifetime Elision Rules]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-rust-lifetime-elision https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-rust-lifetime-elision Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til rust til <![CDATA[TIL: inotify on Linux vs FSEvents on macOS]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-linux-inotify-fsevent https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-linux-inotify-fsevent Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til linux macos infrastructure til <![CDATA[Building Mail Infrastructure for 20 Million Emails: What Nobody Tells You]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/prachyam-mail-infra-deep-dive https://yourportfolio.example/blog/prachyam-mail-infra-deep-dive Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech mailcow-deep-dive 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xstate typescript til <![CDATA[Architecting an OTT Platform for 8 Platforms in a Single Monorepo]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/ott-monorepo-8-platforms https://yourportfolio.example/blog/ott-monorepo-8-platforms Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech monorepo-chronicles architecture react-native nextjs monorepo <![CDATA[TIL: git rerere — Reuse Recorded Resolution]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-git-rerere https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-git-rerere Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til git tools til <![CDATA[TIL: Drizzle Migrations Are Just SQL Files]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-drizzle-migrations-sql https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-drizzle-migrations-sql Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til drizzle postgres typescript til <![CDATA[TIL: Git Worktrees Let You Check Out Multiple Branches Simultaneously]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-git-worktrees https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-git-worktrees Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til git tools til <![CDATA[TIL: Docker Layer Cache Invalidation Is Sequential]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-docker-layer-cache https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-docker-layer-cache Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til docker infrastructure til <![CDATA[TIL: DKIM, SPF, and DMARC Alignment Are Not the Same Thing]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-dkim-spf-alignment https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-dkim-spf-alignment Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til email infrastructure self-hosting til <![CDATA[Why I Self-Host Everything (And What It's Actually Cost Me)]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/self-hosting-philosophy https://yourportfolio.example/blog/self-hosting-philosophy Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT philosophy self-hosting infrastructure opinion <![CDATA[TIL: Multi-Stage Docker Builds for Rust Cut Image Size by 20x]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-docker-multistage-rust https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-docker-multistage-rust Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til rust docker infrastructure til <![CDATA[TIL: PgBouncer Transaction Mode vs Session Mode]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-pgbouncer-connection-pooling https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-pgbouncer-connection-pooling Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til postgres infrastructure til <![CDATA[TIL: Nginx upstream keepalive Cuts Latency on Internal Services]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-nginx-upstream-keepalive https://yourportfolio.example/blog/til-nginx-upstream-keepalive Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT tech til nginx infrastructure performance til <![CDATA[How I Vibe Code: Building Software with AI as a Co-Pilot]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/vibe-coding https://yourportfolio.example/blog/vibe-coding Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT tech ai developer-tools workflow opinion <![CDATA[How I Beat Procrastination (And How It Almost Beat Me)]]> https://yourportfolio.example/blog/beating-procrastination 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