Ryan Welch
Mar 13

Most useful markdown plugins to use with Astro

Discover my curated list of the best Markdown plugins for Astro, handpicked to enhance your blog. Learn what each plugin does, why they’re essential, and how they can improve your Markdown content.

Mar 06

Port forward with Tailscale

Learn how to expose self-hosted services to the internet using a cloud-based Tailscale VPN gateway.

Nov 01, 2021

Using External DNS instead of a Load Balancer for Kubernetes

Replace costly load balancers with External DNS in Kubernetes to reduce costs, support UDP traffic, and simplify node-level routing.

Sep 21, 2021

Deploying Unifi Controller on Kubernetes

Instead of using a Ubiquiti Cloud Key, I opted to run the UniFi controller on my existing Kubernetes cluster. This setup keeps everything self-hosted and avoids extra hardware. Here’s how I did it.

Jan 30, 2016

QMUL Programming Competition 2016

Three of us took on the Queen Mary University Programming Competition—and won! Competing against 19 teams, we tackled six tough problems. Here’s a look at the challenges we faced and how we solved them.

Nov 14, 2015

Optimising Tail Recursion and Performance

Tail recursion is a form of recursion where the final operation is a self-call, allowing optimization into a loop. This reduces stack overhead and improves performance. Learn how it works and why it matters.