AbdulKhaliq Akinwunmi
Technologist, Researcher, & Writer
Shower Thoughts
On LLMs and choosing the right harness
How the same model can feel completely different depending on the harness you run it in.
A push notification rulebook
How to write push notifications people actually tap, without burning permission.
Learnings from fixing three security issues
A practical walkthrough of fixing clickjacking headers, a path traversal issue on a Ghost blog, and DMARC/SPF misconfiguration.
The DNS mistake that silently breaks every email you send
How duplicate SPF records cause permerror, quietly weaken email authentication, and hurt deliverability until someone checks DNS.
How to lock down your server: a beginner's guide to VPS security
A practical, beginner-friendly checklist for hardening a Linux VPS: SSH, firewall, Tailscale, updates, monitoring, and backups.
Don't be a genius on the bench
Why brilliant but disruptive talent can lift teams early and fracture them later.