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Deep dives into physical server hardware engineering, international supply chain sourcing, electrical grid optimization, and backend/AI architectures.
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Featured Article• August 2026• 5 min read
Personal Project: Building a Dedicated Server
A 3-month deep dive into architecting a physical high-compute server: China DAP supply chain sourcing, electrical grid certification hurdles with PLN, and advanced server software provisioning.
Duration3 Months
Power Draw~1 kWh
Supply RouteDAP China
CompliancePLN Certified
#Hardware#Server Architecture#Homelab#China Supply Chain#DAP Logistics#Power & PLN#Linux System
Andrean StephanusBackend & AI Engineer
Featured Article• March 2026• 7 min read
Mastering Project Life Cycle Stages and Software Development Methodologies
Why software projects fall apart not because the code was too hard, but because the process was chaotic. A grounded look at the 5 Project Life Cycle phases, Waterfall vs Scrum vs XP trade-offs, and pragmatic hybrid setups.
Duration5 Phases
Power Draw3 Models
Supply RouteLinear vs Agile
ComplianceMPPL UNTAN
#Project Management#Software Engineering#Agile#Scrum#Waterfall#Extreme Programming#PLC#SDLC
Andrean StephanusBackend & AI Engineer
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This dedicated server hosts autonomous microservices, RabbitMQ worker queues, PostgreSQL databases, and RAG inference pipelines (Luko AI).