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Cached vs Non-Cached DNS: A Lazy Experiment That Got Interesting

2d ago · 4 min read · I was bored and just wanted to code something to spark the life, of course. And, to fight it, my brain thought, "how fast really is my DNS provider?" No architecture diagram. No benchmarking framewo

Tracing Docker Internals: Socket Communication, Daemon, and Kernel Sharing

Apr 5 · 8 min read · Have you ever run docker ps and immediately moved on, as if that command simply floated into the void and came back with container names by magic? Have you wondered why the Docker CLI sometimes works

Modify the Host Kernel from a Docker Container

Feb 16 · 8 min read · Can we prove Docker shares the same kernel as the host machine? Yes — and we can prove it hands-on. This was actually a random thought. I didn’t research existing proofs or blog posts because I wanted

SSL vs TLS: Key Differences, Historical Insights and Evolution

Jan 1 · 12 min read · SSL (Secure Socket Layer) was developed by Netscape to encrypt web traffic. It introduced the core idea of secure web communication and became the foundation of HTTPS as we know it today. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the direct successor to SSL....

Fix Missing Directories & External Drives in Thunar File Manager on Hyprland

Aug 16, 2025 · 2 min read · If you're running Hyprland (or another minimal window manager) and notice that your file manage like Thunar doesn't show your usual Documents, Downloads, Pictures, or external drives in the sidebar -