https://blog.sapico.me/ Recent content on Dev ramblings Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://blog.sapico.me/posts/cedardb-a-very-fast-database-explained-simply/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/cedardb-a-very-fast-database-explained-simply/ CedarDB is a new, very fast database that looks like PostgreSQL but is built for modern hardware and heavy analytics. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/optimize-costs-while-using-cline/ Fri, 16 May 2025 20:00:00 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/optimize-costs-while-using-cline/ Learn how to effectively choose and utilize different AI models with Cline for vibe-coding, considering capabilities and costs. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/specification-pattern-in-c-sharp-practical-example/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0100 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/specification-pattern-in-c-sharp-practical-example/ A practical guide to the Specification Pattern in C# for cleaner, more testable filtering logic. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/proxy-outbound-connections-through-fiddler-in-csharp/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:10:38 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/proxy-outbound-connections-through-fiddler-in-csharp/ Code to proxy outbound http traffic through fiddler in c# https://blog.sapico.me/tips/self-host-vercel-with-coolify/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:02:35 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/tips/self-host-vercel-with-coolify/ Self-host Vercel on a budget with Coolify and Hetzner. Save money and gain control. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/intercepting-android-traffic-through-a-proxy/ Sun, 26 May 2024 22:10:38 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/intercepting-android-traffic-through-a-proxy/ How to debug Android apps using Fiddler Classic https://blog.sapico.me/posts/learnings-from-implementing-elasticsearch/ Tue, 07 May 2024 23:16:38 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/learnings-from-implementing-elasticsearch/ Some learnings from using Elasticsearch in .net regarding schema’s, queries, nuget libraries, … https://blog.sapico.me/tips/plink-as-alternative-to-cron/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:45:03 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/tips/plink-as-alternative-to-cron/ Quick hack to re-use PUTTY.exe cli, plink.exe, to execute remote ssh commands in a docker host, using Task Scheduler on Windows as an alternative to cron. https://blog.sapico.me/notes/whats-wrong-with-ai-everywhere-in-a-pic/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:02:35 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/notes/whats-wrong-with-ai-everywhere-in-a-pic/ An appropriate picture to see what’s wrong with AI everywhere https://blog.sapico.me/posts/hierarchical-tags-using-nested-sets/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 01:21:43 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/hierarchical-tags-using-nested-sets/ Implementing nested sets to performantly lookup hierarchical tags https://blog.sapico.me/posts/specification-pattern-in-c-sharp/ Sat, 07 Oct 2023 12:28:25 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/specification-pattern-in-c-sharp/ Explaining the Specification Pattern used in c# using an example in E-Commerce https://blog.sapico.me/archived/the-genuis-of-swarms/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:31:07 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/archived/the-genuis-of-swarms/ A single ant or bee isn’t smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots. https://blog.sapico.me/tips/cleanup-stale-branches-using-git/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:02:35 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/tips/cleanup-stale-branches-using-git/ Cleanup local branches that aren’t found in remote branches https://blog.sapico.me/tips/lock-workstation-when-removing-yubikey/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:10:03 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/tips/lock-workstation-when-removing-yubikey/ How to lock your workstation when removing your YubiKey on Windows! https://blog.sapico.me/tips/enable-preview-urls-for-cloudflare-pages/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:18:06 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/tips/enable-preview-urls-for-cloudflare-pages/ Why didn’t anyone tell me that it’s this simple to enable preview urls! https://blog.sapico.me/posts/how-i-backup-my-servers/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:25:49 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/how-i-backup-my-servers/ My daily backup of data and ms-sql databases on my VPS using rclone, BackBlaze B2 and some cronjobs. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/setting-up-a-blog-on-cloudflare-pages/ Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:24:15 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/setting-up-a-blog-on-cloudflare-pages/ Setting up a free blog using Hugo and Cloudflare Pages. https://blog.sapico.me/posts/migrating-wordpress-to-hetzner/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:51:58 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/posts/migrating-wordpress-to-hetzner/ Switching Wordpress sites hosted on DigitalOcean to Hetzner using NGinx as a reverse proxy and containerizing Wordpress https://blog.sapico.me/page/about/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:51:58 +0200 nico@sapico.me (Nico Sap) https://blog.sapico.me/page/about/ Welcome to my little digital nook, where I spill the binary beans on my tech adventures. My main focus is .Net. But i’m a full-stack maestro, juggling front-end and back-end like a coder at a circus. If you’re not tech-savvy. When I mention architecture, it’s about how to build virtual castles in the cloud, not real ones. side projects I’ve got some side projects going on which I’ll elaborate a bit more in the future