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#04 Latest ·Oct 12, 2026·11 reads
  • ai
  • anthropic
  • claude
  • industry

Claude can ship your idea next

AI companies can pick one idea and destroy a company overnight. Where’s the regulation? Where’s the outcry? And what happens to the rest of us when the deep pockets keep getting refilled.

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#03·Aug 2, 2026·14 reads
  • devops
  • gitlab
  • traefik
  • vps

Deploy from scratch — GitLab, a VPS, and Traefik

A simple path from empty repo to HTTPS on a VPS — GitLab CI builds the image, the server pulls it, Traefik handles routing and certificates.

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#02·Aug 2, 2026·19 reads
  • bangladesh
  • ai
  • freelance
  • industry

Bangladesh tech, AI, and the freelance squeeze

Layoffs, shrinking gigs on Upwork and Fiverr, and what AI means for builders in Bangladesh — not a eulogy, a course correction.

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#01·Aug 1, 2026·13 reads
  • meta

Hello world

First post on the new akibrk.com — a place to write, slowly.

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