Chrome Extension foundation with a health indicator and retry queue
Phase 1 establishes the foundation: a health indicator, retry queue and capture history make the Chrome Extension reliable and transparent in everyday use.
Tag: Architecture
Ollama locally or in Docker? Why this decision affects the entire architecture
When I received "Ollama is not reachable", I faced a real architectural decision: install Ollama on the host or run it as a Docker container? The answer changed my entire deployment strategy.
Chrome Extension MV3 with three isolated contexts and type-safe message passing
A Chrome Extension has no "main.js". It has three completely isolated runtime contexts that must communicate through a strict message protocol. Understanding this distinction is what makes extensions robust rather than fragile.
AI provider abstraction for a flexible RAG system with Ollama and OpenAI
I could have built Ollama directly into the backend. I could have built OpenAI directly into it. Instead, I built an abstraction layer that allows both, and understood why this is not overengineering but the only strategically sound decision.
Full-text search with Astro and Pagefind
Learn how we use Pagefind and Astro to deliver fast, static full-text search without expensive backend infrastructure.
Real-time shopping cart architecture in Power Pages beyond caching limits
How to combine performance and dynamic data synchronization in Power Pages. An architectural analysis of bypassing server-side caching with the Power Pages Web API.
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