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About the overuse of AI

*sigh*, there's too much talk about AI and too little about actually solving problems with code...

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Published on: September 11, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes

Welcome to Ferron Discuss!

Today, I'm excited to announce the opening of Ferron Discuss, the official discussion forum for anything Ferron-related.

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Published on: September 1, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes

Sorry, no more vibe-I/O...

A story about how a thread-per-core, asynchronous Rust runtime from Ferron got renamed to something more sensible.

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Published on: August 24, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes

Improving browser (and no-JS) compatiblity for the new site

How I improved a new website for compatibility with web browsers and JavaScript disabled, including CSS transformations and browser-specific hacks

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Published on: August 20, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes

(Vibe?) building custom HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

A write-up on using "agentic engineering" to build custom HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 implementations, along with their real-world testing story.

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Published on: August 16, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes

And here comes vibe-hosting providers...

A post about a web hosting software vendor talking about AI a lot, and vibe-hosting providers possibly appearing in the future.

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Published on: July 23, 2026 Author: Dorian Niemiec Category: Notes