Python on Lorbic

Fast Docker CI: Stop Rebuilding Container Images on Every Commit

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:30:00 +0530

I used to rebuild my Docker image every time I fixed a typo. A one-line change meant waiting 2-3 minutes for Docker to rebuild layers, reinstall dependencies, and restart the container. I thought this was just the cost of containerized development.

Then I discovered runtime containers. Same isolated environment, same reproducibility, but code changes reflect instantly. No rebuilds. No waiting. The runtime lives in the container, the code lives on the host.

Python Background Workers: Architecture, Queues, and Retry Strategies

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0530

I thought processing audio in the background was simple: spawn a thread, run the script, save the file. Then I hit 200 concurrent requests, and it failed epically.

The CPU spiked to full usage because of pydub’s processing. The TTS API didn’t rate-limit me but, it was horribly slow. Then the jobs started failing. Half the jobs died silently. The other half wrote corrupted files because of race conditions I didn’t know existed. And when I deployed a little fix? The deployment killed in-flight jobs, leaving orphaned audio segments scattered across cloud storage directory.

I Added Session Management to Aider

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0530

I’ve been using aider as my primary AI coding assistant for a while now. It’s the one tool that actually fits my workflow: terminal-based, Git-native, and it works directly on my local files. No copy-pasting into web forms. No context windows that forget everything. And not waiting for agents to keep thinking.

But it was missing one thing that drove me crazy.

The Problem: Context Evaporates

Here’s the scenario. I’m deep into a complex refactor. I’ve added 15 files to the chat, built up tons of context with the model, and we’re making real progress.