Rajtík's blog

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Notes from a workshop where we solder and code

I write about code, electronics and tools I have tried myself. In Czech and English, with no ads and no fluff.

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  1. Programming 2 min read

    Laravel queues without Redis

    Most projects get by with the database driver and never need Redis. Here is how to run a queue on MySQL, where it hits its limits and how to tell it is time to move on.

  2. Electronics 5 min read

    I2S microphone interference on I2C over a four-metre cable

    The VEML7700 sensor worked on the desk, but at the end of a 4 m cable it lost most transfers. The culprit was the I2S microphone clocks in the neighbouring pair.

  3. AI tools 9 min read

    I wrote 192 tokens out of ten million

    I ran a token usage audit on my Claude Code. Cache read is 96% and my own input is 0.002%. The script that measures it is in the article.

  4. AI tools 6 min read

    Anti-slop in Czech is not a blacklist

    Why a list of banned phrases fails in Czech and what I built instead: the pis-cesky plugin for Claude Code and proofreading by an agent that does not know the brief.

  5. Business 12 min read

    Czech švarcsystém is not business

    After 15 years as a freelancer I compare Czech companies with German clients: tracking, office, hourly rate, risk, and why it pays to keep looking.

  6. Programming 8 min read

    How not to break production when the data source changes by itself

    A patch-to-production pipeline: external data validated by a contract in CI, an atomic symlink swap and rollback without re-extraction. A pattern for data outside your control.

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