Personal Notes
Notes and tips on web development and engineering.
Pointing a local CNAME DNS recordDecember 19, 2025
Need to test new infrastructure before changing production DNS, but your app won’t work without the real domain? Here’s a practical way to locally CNAME a domain on macOS using dnsmasq, making it possible to test AWS load balancers safely before going live.
Using Cloudflare’s Proxy with an AWS Load BalancerDecember 19, 2025
If you want to get Cloudflare’s benefits while using an application load balancer in AWS, there is a setting you should be aware of.
The Javascript Event LoopFebruary 19, 2025
A simple guide to how JavaScript executes code using the event loop, queues, and the call stack.
Streaming Data from Laravel to the BrowserFebruary 7, 2025
Send realtime updates to the browser without websockets
Carbon IntervalFebruary 3, 2025
When generating time-series reports, missing data points (like days with no sales) can create misleading graphs and analytics. Carbon provides a clean and concise way to fill in gaps automatically.