Setting Up Hermes Agent
A guide on configuring Hermes Agent with Gemini and Telegram
Waqar Azeem
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Self-Hosting a Secure DNS Filter with Technitium and NextDNS
A comprehensive guide to deploying a public, high-performance Technitium DNS server with NextDNS forwarding using Docker and Traefik for robust network-wide content filtering.
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Mounting Google Cloud Storage Buckets Locally using Cloud Storage FUSE
A step-by-step guide on how to provision a secure GCS bucket, configure IAM service account access, install GCS FUSE, and mount it locally on a Linux VM for persistent file storage.
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Ultimate Proxy Protocol Comparison: VMess vs VLESS vs Trojan vs WireGuard (2026)
A comprehensive engineering analysis comparing modern anti-censorship stealth protocols (VMess, VLESS, Trojan, Hysteria) and standard VPNs (WireGuard) with client routing modes.
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Zero Trust on GCP: Migrating from a Vulnerable VPS to a Hardened Architecture
A comprehensive step-by-step guide on how we migrated a standalone VPS to a secure Google Cloud architecture using Cloud Identity, project-level IAM, and strict default-deny firewalls.
Waqar Azeem
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GCP Zero Trust Firewall Security Migration IAM
Achieving 100% AI Agent Readiness: A Guide to Modern Web Discovery
How we optimized blog.induslevel.com for AI crawlers, LLMs, and autonomous agents by implementing RFC 9727 API Catalogs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Content Signals.
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Lightning-Fast Parallel Playwright E2E Testing in GitHub Actions
How we engineered a bulletproof, 25-second parallel Playwright testing pipeline in GitHub Actions that handles cookie overlays, mobile viewports, and visual regressions.
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Playwright CI/CD GitHub Actions Testing Automation
Why I Migrated My Technical Blog from WordPress to Astro
A deep dive into the systems, pipelines, $0 serverless hosting, and speed gains of migrating a personal technical blog from dynamic WordPress to static-first Astro.
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Enterprise Linux Hardening for Financial Applications on GCP
A comprehensive checklist and guide to hardening Linux VMs on GCP for strict compliance and security in financial applications.
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Correlating GCP Firewall Denies with DNS Logs using Log Analytics
Learn how to enable DNS logging, configure NGFW URL-based egress filtering, and use Log Analytics to find the domain names behind denied firewall connections.
Waqar Azeem
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Mastering the Google Gemini API: A Definitive Developer Guide
Stop wrestling with unstructured LLM outputs. Learn how to architect a production-ready Node.js client for Google Gemini enforcing strict JSON schemas and system instructions.
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Bulletproof Shadowsocks Proxy with Docker & v2ray Obfuscation
Commercial VPNs are increasingly being targeted and throttled. Here is how I built an automated, self-hosted Shadowsocks proxy deployment with HTTP obfuscation to bypass strict network firewalls.
Waqar Azeem
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