Chandraprakash DarjiFull-stack developer. I build things and write about them.https://www.elregaldo.com/en-ushow I actually navigate an unfamiliar codebasehttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/how-to-navigate-unfamiliar-codebases/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/how-to-navigate-unfamiliar-codebases/a repeatable method for navigating any unfamiliar codebase: orient, run, locate, dig. works on a 3-file API or a 200-module monorepo.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTi learned terraform by destroying everythinghttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/learning-terraform/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/learning-terraform/five layers of infrastructure, built and destroyed, until a full EKS cluster ran from .tf filesThu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTkubernetes finally clicked for mehttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/kubernetes-finally-clicked-for-me/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/kubernetes-finally-clicked-for-me/i spent months hearing about kubernetes and nodding along. then i actually sat down and mapped it to things i already understood. heres how it actually clicked.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMy dev setup is better than yourshttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/my-dev-setup-is-better-than-yours/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/my-dev-setup-is-better-than-yours/opt+f and i'm in any project with two tmux panes, nvim on the left, terminal on the right. you're still cd-ing into directories. this isn't luck — i built this over years, one small piece at a time.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTStop running a Jenkins server for one apphttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/stop-running-jenkins-for-one-app/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/stop-running-jenkins-for-one-app/A client was paying $60/month for a t3.large EC2 instance running Jenkins that sat idle 95% of the time. We replaced it with SST + GitHub Actions. Now deploys are faster, reproducible, and cost nothing when idle.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKafka is not a job queuehttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/stop-reaching-for-kafka/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/stop-reaching-for-kafka/A client was paying $1000/month for AWS MSK to process under 4000 messages a day. We replaced it with BullMQ in a week. Bill dropped to $180.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTYour TS Server Is Fine. Give the Heavy Work to Go.https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/your-ts-server-is-fine-give-heavy-work-to-go/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/your-ts-server-is-fine-give-heavy-work-to-go/One year. Same stack. Every project. API, workers, file processing, all TypeScript. I wasn't stuck because TypeScript is bad. I was stuck because I forgot what other options even feel like.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to Use Server Actions in Your Applicationhttps://www.elregaldo.com/writing/how-to-use-server-actions/https://www.elregaldo.com/writing/how-to-use-server-actions/Learn how server actions can simplify and secure your application's interaction with the server using createSafeAction and useAction.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT