Building a Text Sentiment Analysis System with BERT and PyTorch

Ever wondered how Netflix knows you’ll hate that rom-com before you even watch it? Or how Amazon can predict if a product review is going to be a love letter or a digital rant? Welcome to the fascinating world of sentiment analysis – where machines learn to read between the lines of human emotions, one word at a time. Today, we’re going to build our own sentiment analysis system using BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) and PyTorch....

August 16, 2025 · 13 min · 2580 words · Maxim Zhirnov

Why Most Developers Shouldn't Write Their Own CMS

Look, I get it. You’re a developer. You see WordPress and think “I could build something better than this bloated mess in my sleep.” You look at Drupal’s learning curve and wonder if the creators were secretly sadists. And don’t even get me started on the existential crisis that is trying to explain Joomla to a client in 2025. But here’s the thing – and I say this with love – you probably shouldn’t build your own CMS....

August 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1724 words · Maxim Zhirnov

The Wild Ride of Web Programming Languages: From Static Pages to Framework Wars

Picture this: it’s 1995, you’re rocking a dial-up connection that sounds like a robot having an existential crisis, and you’re trying to create your first website. Your toolkit? HTML tags that make modern developers weep with nostalgia, and CSS that… well, CSS barely existed. Fast-forward to today, and we’re drowning in frameworks, battling JavaScript fatigue, and somehow still arguing about semicolons. Welcome to the absolutely bonkers evolution of web programming languages – a journey that’s been more twisted than a pretzel factory explosion, yet somehow got us to where we can build entire applications that run in your browser while you’re simultaneously watching cat videos....

August 15, 2025 · 11 min · 2321 words · Maxim Zhirnov

Why Most Developers Shouldn't Write Their Own Encryption Libraries

Picture this: you’re building the next big thing, and suddenly you need to encrypt some sensitive data. Your inner developer screams “How hard can it be? It’s just math!” Well, my friend, that’s exactly the kind of thinking that keeps cybersecurity professionals employed and coffee shops in business. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: encryption is deceptively simple on the surface but catastrophically complex underneath. It’s like an iceberg wearing a tuxedo – looks elegant from above, but there’s a massive, sharp, Titanic-sinking disaster waiting below the waterline....

August 15, 2025 · 11 min · 2309 words · Maxim Zhirnov

Implementing Service Mesh with Istio in Kubernetes: From Zero to Hero

Welcome to the wild world of service meshes, where microservices finally get the networking superpowers they deserve! If you’ve ever felt like your Kubernetes cluster resembles a busy intersection without traffic lights, then Istio is about to become your new best friend. Think of it as the sophisticated air traffic control system for your containerized applications – because nobody wants their services crashing into each other at 30,000 feet. Today, we’re diving deep into implementing Istio service mesh in your Kubernetes cluster....

August 14, 2025 · 11 min · 2285 words · Maxim Zhirnov