Hi, I'm Hussain.

A backend engineer focusing on minimal, highly-performant web architecture.

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Ollama quietly stopped using my AMD iGPU16-Jul-2026

Why Ollama suddenly ran everything on the CPU on my AMD APU box, and the one environment variable that brought the GPU back.

Generating Semantic Note Filenames: Taming Local LLMs with Ollama and Gemma 414-Jul-2026

How I integrated LLMs into my PKM converter, refactored API abstractions, debugged network/port quirks, and compared local model performance.

Finding My Perfect PKM Fit: The Journey from Logseq to Obsidian10-Jul-2026

Why and how I built a custom Python migration CLI to extract semantic note structures from Logseq and bridge the gap to document-based PKM vaults.

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  • ansible-role-chezmoi

    A modern Ansible role for installing and initializing the chezmoi dotfiles manager.

  • chezmoi-dotfiles

    My personal dotfiles managed with chezmoi, featuring a modern terminal experience powered by Fish and Starship.