What started in 2013 as a collection of developer tips and quick fixes has evolved into something bigger. In 2026, IT Digest returned from a long hiatus with a new mission: documenting the practical side of the AI revolution — from the perspective of a working engineer, not a hype machine.
// Our Mission
Every developer knows the gap between AI demos on Twitter and AI that works in production. IT Digest exists to bridge that gap. I write about the tools I actually use, the architectures I actually build, and the problems I actually solve — with tested code, honest benchmarks, and zero fluff.
The old IT Digest was about finding the right terminal command at 2 AM. The new IT Digest is about that and understanding how to build with AI effectively. Same principle: real problems, real solutions, minimal time wasted.
// Topics
AI Engineering
LLM integration, RAG architectures, MCP servers, prompt engineering, local model inference, and AI-assisted development workflows. Practical guides with real code.
Go Development
Idiomatic Go, web services, CMS architecture, performance optimization. Go is my language of choice, and building oCMS has been a masterclass in what the language can do.
Developer AI Tools
Deep-dives on Claude Code, Ollama, LM Studio, Dify, LibreChat, and the rapidly evolving ecosystem of tools that make AI accessible to every developer.
Self-Hosting & Infrastructure
Running local LLMs on Apple Silicon, Docker setups, Debian/Ubuntu server management, and the ops side of deploying AI in production.
Classic Dev Topics
The original IT Digest knowledge base — MySQL optimization, PHP 8.x, macOS/Linux administration, Git, SSH, HTML/CSS, and shell scripting — is still here and still helping developers every day.
// Powered by oCMS
IT Digest runs on oCMS — a lightweight, developer-friendly content management system that I built from scratch in Go. It's not WordPress. It's not a SaaS platform. It's a real, self-hosted CMS designed for developers who want full control.
- Go 1.26 — fast, type-safe, single-binary deployment
- SQLite + FTS5 — zero-config database with full-text search
- HTMX + Alpine.js — modern interactivity without JavaScript framework fatigue
- REST API — bearer token auth, rate limiting, full CRUD
- Webhook system — HMAC-SHA256 signed, with retry and dead letter queue
- Module architecture — extend functionality without touching core code
- AI chatbot — integrated assistant powered by Dify
oCMS is open source: github.com/olegiv/ocms-go
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// Get in Touch
Have a question, found an error, want to collaborate, or just want to talk AI? I'd love to hear from you.