Journal.

(01) May 21, 2026 MCP servers for business: connecting Claude to 1C, amoCRM and Bitrix24 Model Context Protocol lets Claude reach into 1C, amoCRM, or Bitrix24 without copying data into the chat. Here is where it pays off and where it stays a toy. → (02) May 21, 2026 HTMX in production: where it works and where it falls apart HTMX promises SPA without SPA: attributes on HTML, server returns HTML fragments. Three production projects later — here is where it really is simpler and where it hit the wall. → (03) May 21, 2026 Task queues: RabbitMQ vs Redis Streams vs Yandex Message Queue Three common ways to separate "accept request" from "do the work" in Russian projects in 2026. Practical differences, what to pick for the load and for the team. → (04) May 21, 2026 AppMetrica vs Firebase Analytics: migrating mobile app analytics By mid-2026 Firebase Analytics in Russia is unreliable: events stop coming, remote config drops. Here is what to switch to and how to migrate without losing data. → (05) May 18, 2026 Liquid Glass on the web — is it worth copying the iOS 26 look Apple shipped Liquid Glass in iOS 26 and now everyone is porting it to web. Half of the attempts are old glassmorphism in a new wrapper. Here is what actually works. → (06) May 18, 2026 Claude Code writes 4% of all public GitHub commits — what it means for teams SemiAnalysis says 4% of public GitHub commits ran through Claude Code in March 2026. They project 20% by December. Here is what actually changed in hiring and review. → (07) May 18, 2026 Web Install API in Edge 148 — one site installs another as a PWA Microsoft Edge 148 shipped the Web Install API. Now one site can prompt the user to install a different site as a PWA. What it does, who needs it, and where the traps are. → (08) May 12, 2026 SEO in the AI Overview era — what actually changed Google AI Overview, Yandex Neuro and Perplexity take clicks away from the classic SERP. What to change in your site and content to stay visible. → (09) May 11, 2026 1C-Bitrix in 2026 — still worth picking, or are alternatives better 1C-Bitrix is still the leader in the Russian market, but over 11 years better options have appeared for specific jobs. Where Bitrix is fine, and where it is an overpay. → (10) May 11, 2026 Astro 5 in 2026 — what to use for a marketing site Astro 5 has settled in as the default for landings and blogs. What is actually useful from the new features — Server Islands, Content Layer, View Transitions. → (11) May 10, 2026 Hermes 3 as an agent: function calling and tool use on your own server Hermes 3 from Nous Research is a Llama 3.1 fine-tune tuned for function calling and role-based prompting. What it can do as an agent and why teams pick it over OpenAI when data cannot leave the perimeter. → (12) May 10, 2026 Hermes 3 8B vs OpenAI: cost and quality on typical workloads When does it make sense to run your own Hermes 3 8B on an A10 vs paying OpenAI for gpt-4o-mini. Real numbers across three workloads: ticket classification, document summaries, function-calling agents. → (13) May 9, 2026 Creating a MAX channel for business MAX is the Russian VK messenger pre-installed on new Russian Android devices. Audience is growing. What you need to launch a corporate channel without wasting the first month. → (14) May 9, 2026 Growing a MAX channel — the first 30 days 30 days is the window where a channel either finds its voice and reaches a first thousand or quietly dies. Here is what to do each week. → (15) May 9, 2026 Restoring a site from the Wayback Machine — step by step Site is down, no backups, but the Wayback Machine has a snapshot. What can actually be pulled out and how to stitch it back into a working site. → (16) May 9, 2026 Why WordPress is still the best CMS in 2026 Forty percent of the web runs on WordPress for a reason. After the headless hype, the industry quietly comes back to the mature solution. → (17) May 8, 2026 AI video generation tools — 2026 review Sora 2, Veo 3, Kling 2, Runway Gen-4, Pika, Luma. What each tool actually delivers and how much a typical clip costs. → (18) May 8, 2026 Offline-first for PWAs — where to start Connectivity drops every hour on a construction site. The subway has no signal at all. Here is how to make an app that just keeps working when there is no network. → (19) May 7, 2026 Service Worker strategies for working without network Cache-first, network-first, stale-while-revalidate — each strategy fits different data. What to apply where. → (20) May 7, 2026 WordPress security — myths and reality "WordPress is insecure" — everyone has heard it. The real statistics say something different: properly configured, it's safer than most custom builds. → (21) May 6, 2026 Recover from archive or rebuild from scratch Your site is gone. Restore it from the web archive or rebuild from zero? Not a code question — an economics question. → (22) May 6, 2026 ERP implementation in 90 days — realistic playbook 90-day ERP rollouts make great pitches. They rarely happen. What it actually takes when it does happen. → (23) May 5, 2026 Writing scripts for AI video — what changes A prompt for AI is not a script. It is a technical brief where every word carries weight. What to write and how to break it down. → (24) May 5, 2026 WordPress reliability — what real-world data shows A WordPress site launched 10 years ago is probably still running. That tells you more than any benchmark. → (25) May 4, 2026 Wayback, archive.today and Google Cache for site recovery The Wayback Machine is the famous one but not the only one. When archive.today and Google Cache can save what Wayback missed. → (26) May 4, 2026 Syncing data after network comes back A user logged 50 actions while offline. Network is back. How to send everything in the right order without losing any of it. → (27) May 3, 2026 AI video for product marketing — what works Which AI video formats actually drive installs and sales — and where AI is best avoided because users notice. → (28) May 3, 2026 WordPress is easy to maintain — proven setup A properly configured WordPress takes 2-4 hours per month to maintain. Here's exactly what those hours include. → (29) May 2, 2026 AI avatars and UGC ads — ethics and effectiveness A $5 AI creator instead of a $5,000 real influencer. Technically yes. Effectively — not always. Where the line is. → (30) May 2, 2026 Headless WordPress — the modern way Don't ditch WordPress — keep its API and pair it with a modern frontend. Best of both worlds: mature CMS + fast site. → (31) May 1, 2026 Creative velocity with AI video — A/B tests in a day Creative tests used to drag for months. With AI a team ships 20 variants in a day. What that changes. → (32) May 1, 2026 Odoo vs ERPNext in 2026 Two open-source ERPs that small and mid businesses actually use. After projects with both — when each makes sense. → (33) Apr 30, 2026 Localizing video with AI: voice, lip-sync, translation One English clip becomes 12 localizations with proper articulation in an hour. Stack and pitfalls. →