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// Adrian Marikar

Notes on software, systems, and small bets.

A fast, high-contrast home for essays, build logs, and practical observations about technology, internet businesses, automation, and turning ideas into shipped work.

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Clear thinking, useful projects, and practical notes.

Adrian Marikar writes about practical technology, internet businesses, product experiments, and the craft of turning rough ideas into useful things. The design is dark and energetic, but the goal is simple: readable posts and useful ideas.

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Short reads, practical guides, and build notes. The archive is built to grow without slowing down.

2026.06 / analytics guide 009

Privacy-friendly nginx log analytics

How to measure real unique visitors on a static nginx blog with SQLite, salted hashes, bot filtering, and no tracking scripts.

2026.06 / email guide 008

Docker Mailserver multi-domain setup

A practical checklist for adding another domain to Docker Mailserver without breaking existing mail, DKIM, PTR/rDNS, TLS, or mailboxes.

2026.06 / infrastructure log 007

How email is handled on this VPS

How the VPS uses Docker Mailserver, DNS, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Let’s Encrypt, and Himalaya for self-hosted mail.

2026.06 / build log 005

RaceEdge: transparent racing research

How I’m building raceedge.uk as a real-data UK & Ireland racing research app with explainable scoring, paper tracking, and Coolify deployment.

2026.06 / guide 004

My AI app factory

How I use a Hetzner VPS, Hermes agents, Coolify, GitHub, Cloudflare, and Telegram to ship apps with AI.

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