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I Just Wanted Two TV Channels. Somehow, I Built an IPTV Headend. 😅

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Two in-house channels, two Linux VMs, a lot of FFmpeg, and one Android emulator that briefly decided it owned all the RAM. Like most of my little pet projects, this one started with a random thought: what if I could build two in-house TV channels using our existing infrastructure, some open-source tools, and absolutely no fancy broadcasting hardware? Seemed like a fun little experiment. Besides, how complicated could two TV channels possibly be? 😅 The idea was simple. One channel would continuously loop promotional videos: experiences, offers, events, and all the usual things we'd want guests to discover. The other would carry live events from allegedly "approved" online sources ✌️ , whenever the occasion called for it. That's it. Two channels. Not a television network. Not a Netflix competitor. Just two little additions to the existing IPTV lineup. And naturally, what started as a harmless little experiment somehow turned into two applications, an Android ...
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Zapping Through Multicast Madness: A Fun Python Script to Keep Your IPTV Streams Rocking!

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Audit Trails for CRUD Apps: Why You Need Them and How to Build Them in Hono + MongoDB

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Imagine this scenario: You’re the lead developer on a sleek new admin panel for a chain of resorts. One morning, the Operations Manager calls in a panic: “Someone deleted the evening reservation for 50 guests… and we can’t figure out who did it!” Yikes. 😬 This is exactly the kind of chaos audit trails are designed to prevent. In this post, we’ll explore: Why auditing CRUD operations is essential Snapshots vs. deltas A step-by-step breakdown of an audit middleware for Hono + MongoDB Fun examples of routes and the audit logs they produce Best practices and tips for production-ready auditing Let’s dive in. Why Audit CRUD Operations? CRUD operations—Create, Read, Update, Delete—are the core of most applications. But if you’re only logging “user X did Y,” you’re missing the juicy details: Who changed what? What was the previous value? When did it happen? Auditing CRUD operations helps you: Track critical actions – Know exactly who deleted, updated,...
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