CraftRipple Blog
Field notes from building secure, production-grade software for founders: what we shipped, what broke, and how we fixed it.
Most healthcare founders build the feature first and bolt on compliance later. That order gets you a working demo and a rewrite six months in. Here's how we structure HIPAA-compliant clinical platforms from day one: data …
I replaced third-party analytics with a self-hosted Umami instance on a Proxmox LXC container, provisioned via OpenTofu and exposed through a Cloudflare tunnel. Here's the exact setup, the gotchas, and why the port …
Some work should never leave your machine. Here is how to install Ollama, pull a model that fits your GPU, fix the most common post-update CUDA error, and turn a stock model into a focused tool with a custom Modelfile …
Self-hosting a SIEM is great for cost and control, but how does a cloud server report to a Wazuh manager that has no public IP? Here's the full, reproducible path: a WireGuard tunnel to the manager's private LAN, a …
Most DevSecOps guides assume you have a dedicated security team. This covers how to get 80% of the value using GitHub Actions and free tools — the exact pipeline used on every CraftRipple Studio project.
After running an automated Nuclei scan against my own infrastructure, I discovered 54 security findings. Here's how I fixed the most impactful ones — missing HTTP security headers, version disclosure, and deprecated …
The PortSwigger Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2025 is out. Here's what the winning research means in practice — translated from security researcher into developer guidance you can apply today.
Most Next.js tutorials show you how to build something. This covers the decisions that determine whether it stays maintainable — App Router patterns, auth at the right layer, typed APIs, and CI/CD from day one.
Most tutorials show you how to call an AI API. This covers what it takes to actually ship LLM features in production — from prompt engineering to security, cost control, and measuring what you built.
