Built a search engine for devs with Rust, Actix, Elasticsearch & React/Next.js. Overcame slow searches by disabling "track_total_hits", blocked malicious users with Fail2Ban and fixed Adsense issues with responsive ad sizes.

Create custom Google search engine to filter out annoying websites like TikTok and Pinterest by default. Add new search engine with URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=-tiktok+-pinterest+%s and make it default in Chrome or Kiwi browser settings.

Laravel Horizon doesn't work with Redis cluster & multiple shards. Use Laravel queues instead, but be aware of potential deadlocks if using MySQL < 8.0.