Welcome to Solvie
Solvie is an independent almanac of technology and programming — what you will find here, how we write, and how the site is built.
Hello, and welcome. Solvie is a small, independent almanac about technology and programming. Nobody here is going to chase you with anxious clickbait headlines, claim you can “master React in 10 minutes,” or trap your email in a popup. What’s here is quietly written text, tools we’ve actually used, and opinions stated plainly.
What you’ll find here
Solvie is split into four desks. Each one does one job:
- Dispatches — what shipped and why it matters. Not press-release translations, just short, contextual takes.
- Field Notes — end-to-end practical guides. Clean code, working examples, written so you can copy what you need.
- Reckonings — tools, frameworks and devices. Only written about after we’ve actually used them long enough to have a view.
- Machine — AI models, agents, and how the work of building software is changing.
Wide topics, but one rule across all of them: it has to be worth your time.
How we write
Posts are written by a human — not by AI. But AI is part of the process: once a draft is ready, it helps with editing, fact-checking, and stress-testing the code samples. The voice, the argument and the conclusions come from a person, every time.
If we recommend something, we’ve used it. If a piece is sponsored, we say so at the top. Affiliate links are never quietly slipped in.
Published in multiple languages
Solvie publishes in several languages. Posts are written first in O’zbek, then translated into the other languages with AI assistance. Translation isn’t photocopying: every AI translation is read by a human, adjusted for context, and only then published.
That workflow is slower than going native in each language, but it has one real advantage — every language gets the same care and the same attention. The current list of languages is short; more will be added over time.
Built with Astro
The site is built with Astro. Content is plain Markdown/MDX, the site is fully static — fast pages, good SEO, almost no JS by default.
// Every post is just a markdown file with a small frontmatter:
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title: 'Welcome to Solvie'
pubDate: 2026-05-19
category: News
tags: ['solvie', 'meta']
---The design borrows from print: a colophon, a masthead, № numbering, italic serif headings. The goal is for the page to feel a little more like a book than a screen, while keeping every web advantage — fast loads, open links, RSS, light and dark modes.
What we don’t do
- No newsletter popups. We won’t ask for your email.
- No autoplaying video.
- No clickbait. The headline is the conclusion.
- No “AI-generated without a human in the loop” text.
- No trackers. Just a simple, anonymous page counter.
There’s an RSS feed right here. It always works, and it’s always transparent.
Getting started
You can find the full list of posts in the archive. Solvie is a quiet publication — there’s no email blast when something new goes up, but the RSS is there, and so is the day, and so is time.
Pull up a chair.