Mohamed Shaaker — TransmissionsTechnical log. Work, failures, and progress building software.https://mshaaker.com/Prometheus is in. The build keeps dying.https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/009-prometheus-build-keeps-dying/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/009-prometheus-build-keeps-dying/Wiring Prometheus into the cluster hit three walls: a broken package manager, a missing metrics route, and a Docker build that hangs for over an hour inside Minikube every time pip touches the network.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTResNet-50 takes 60 seconds to load. The cluster didn't know that.https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/008-resnet-50-slow-startup/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/008-resnet-50-slow-startup/A slow PyTorch startup window caused 502s on freshly rolled pods. I added resource ceilings, a dual-metric HPA, and startup probes to close the gap.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTTibibu: automated pipeline for publishing children's bookshttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/007-tibibu-publishing-pipeline/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/007-tibibu-publishing-pipeline/Building an automated pipeline using docx XML parsing, Gemini API rewriting, Pillow image processing, and a FastAPI/React creator tool.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe heartbeat murder: diagnostic of a 502 bad gatewayhttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/006-the-heartbeat-murder/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/006-the-heartbeat-murder/Debugging PyTorch CPU-bound inference causing Gunicorn worker SIGKILL timeouts and HTTP 502 Bad Gateway responses.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAuditing Minikube resource allocations to prevent unnecessary rebuildshttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/005-minikube-profile-mutations/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/005-minikube-profile-mutations/Using container inspection to verify cluster memory before deleting the environment.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSimple Model API — Production ML Inference Servicehttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/004-simple-model-api/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/004-simple-model-api/A FastAPI service wrapping ResNet-50 for image classification. Production patterns: health probes, correlation IDs, structured errors.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHubal — offline-first POS and installment trackinghttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/003-hubal/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/003-hubal/Two Vite+React apps for shop owners: a point-of-sale with IndexedDB offline sync, and a phone installment system with an immutable payment ledger.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTNasez — financial controls for fuel stationshttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/002-nasez/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/002-nasez/Shift-based verification engine for petroleum stations. PostgreSQL triggers calculate expected cash from meter readings. Variance triggers supervisor review.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTFikalo — logistics and real estate for East Africahttps://mshaaker.com/transmissions/001-fikalo/https://mshaaker.com/transmissions/001-fikalo/A monorepo running logistics in Kampala and real estate in Mogadishu. One Supabase project, PostGIS geofencing, PesaPal payments.Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT