Nikunj Patel ยท Blog https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/ Notes on backend and AI engineering, security tooling, and homelab networking. en Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cutting code review noise with Jev, a millisecond decision model https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/jev-code-review/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/jev-code-review/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Adding Jev, a non-autoregressive decision model, as the final gate in a 3-tier automated PR review pipeline to filter out low-signal findings. Code Review Software Engineering AI DevOps Productivity Machine Learning How I reach my homelab database from anywhere, without exposing it to the internet https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/homelab-database-tailscale/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/homelab-database-tailscale/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How I reach Postgres on my homelab from anywhere with Tailscale and PgBouncer, without opening a single port to the internet. Tailscale PostgreSQL PgBouncer Homelab Networking Your homelab doesn't need port forwarding. It needs Tailscale. https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/homelab-tailscale/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/homelab-tailscale/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tailscale gives a homelab private, encrypted remote access without a public IP or port forwarding, and it's a low-risk way to learn real networking. Tailscale Homelab WireGuard DevOps Networking Testing Strix, part 3: what held up under manual review https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-3/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-3/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Manually verifying every Strix finding: which ones were real, which were inflated or wrong, and why human review still matters. AppSec Pentesting AI Security Testing Strix, part 2: black-box vs white-box scans https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-2/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-2/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Running Strix black-box against a live app and white-box against its source produced very different findings. The live run was far stronger. AppSec Pentesting AI Security Testing Strix, part 1: a pentester agent, not a linter https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-1/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/testing-strix-part-1/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why I tried Strix, an open-source LLM agent that attempts real exploits to prove its security findings instead of just flagging suspicious code. AppSec Pentesting AI Security Building Smarter with OpenCode + NVIDIA: Here's What I've Learned https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/opencode-nvidia-nim/ https://nikunjswisdom.in/blog/opencode-nvidia-nim/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT How I use OpenCode with NVIDIA NIM's free models, giving each model the job it does best: audit, review, or code generation. OpenCode NVIDIA NIM AI Engineering Developer Tools LLM Coding Workflow