404 — Lost in the Signal

Computers & Networks

From BIOS beeps to BGP flaps—layers upon layers. Remember: latency lies, throughput tells the truth, and DNS is feelings.

TCP three-way handshake CIDR / VLSM OSI vs. reality VPN health WebSockets ♥ heartbeats Latency heatmaps Edge caching Reverse proxies Zero Trust NAT hairpin

AI & Coding

Prompt, vectorize, deploy. If it compiles, ship; if it learns, monitor; if it hallucinates, sandbox. git commit -m "feat: reality"

Transformers RAG pipelines WebGL shaders ECS architecture Pinia/Vue TypeScript types Rust lifetimes WASM at the edge CI/CD Observability

Audio

Sample rate, bit depth, headroom. Push faders, not luck. Subtract to add. Velocity is groove; silence is a note.

44.1k / 48k / 96k Gain staging Stereo image Transient shaping Sidechain Granular synths

Audiovisual Experiences

Shader-driven scenes, audio-reactive meshes, timelines and transitions. The beat isn’t just heard—it bends the light.

FFT → visuals GPGPU Post-processing Bloom / DOF Timeline editor OSC / MIDI

Metal Subgenres

Downtuned truth in 4/4 and beyond. Riffs per minute: unbounded.

Thrash Death Black Doom Prog Metalcore Groove Djent Post-metal Sludge

Drum ‘n Bass Flavors

170 BPM, breakbeats coded in amen.js. Rollers to rippers, liquid to neuro—pick your poison.

Liquid Neurofunk Jungle Techstep Jump Up Halftime Atmospheric Minimal Darkside Deep

80s • 90s • 00s — A Compressed Timeline

80s: neon CRTs, MIDI is born, metal shreds, breakbeats incubate. 90s: the web dials up, jungle mutates, alt & grunge surge, demoscene flexes shaders-before-shaders. 00s: broadband blooms, DAWs democratize, metal gets djenty, DnB goes neuro.

CRT glow Walkman & mixtapes Dial-up handshakes LAN parties Flash intros Tracker music Early social VJ culture Blogrolls & forums Netlabels

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