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Notes on Islam, geopolitics, engineering, startups, and everything in between.

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.

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

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