Daily Archives: October 24, 2026

What Is Model Distillation? A Guide for Developers

Over time, knowledge has been passed down in various forms. Before writing was invented in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), laws, history, myths, songs, and other information were all transferred from generation to generation orally. This was done either via instructions or storytelling (especially folktales and events that had happened over time). But another common method […]

How to Diagnose vite: not found After npm ci in a Container Build

I recently worked on a project where a Node.js application used Vite to compile its frontend. It worked in a browser-hosted development environment, but its image build failed after the move to Azure Container Registry. The build reported a missing Vite executable after an earlier dependency install had failed. The container build ended with a […]

Build a Hybrid Search Engine in PostgreSQL: BM25 + Vector Retrieval

Most application search setups force a trade-off: settle for simple text filters, or manage a separate search cluster like Elasticsearch with complex synchronization pipelines. In a new video course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel, I demonstrate how to run an entire production-grade search pipeline inside PostgreSQL. By pairing lexical keyword matching with dense vector embeddings […]