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AI fixes legacy code nobody owns
How to combine static analysis, runtime traces, and LLM contextualization to make unowned legacy systems legible, with code and failure modes.
19 min read · 27 June 2026
RAG is not enough: hybrid search + reranking in 2026
Dense retrieval alone ranks poorly. A two-stage pipeline of BM25 plus a cross-encoder reranker fixes it. Architecture, code, and how to measure it.
12 min read · 27 June 2026
Starlink 4G fallback: serve pages under 800ms
How to build a streaming HTML shell, small client bundle and edge cache that keeps TTFB under 800ms on 4G, satellite and low-end Android devices.
13 min read · 26 June 2026
Postgres 17 buried Redis, S3, cron
How to evaluate Postgres 17 as a cache, scheduler and blob store, with measurement steps, failure modes and a decision checklist.
11 min read · 26 June 2026
LLM output metrics that actually move the needle
A layered approach to measuring LLM output quality in production: structured validation, p95 latency, cost per request, and retention signals.
10 min read · 26 June 2026
NDPR 2026 broke fintech APIs
How regulatory transport rules and intermittent mobile connectivity change fintech API design, with worked latency arithmetic and a concrete measurement plan.
12 min read · 26 June 2026
Webhooks done right: retries that don’t explode in 2026
A practical guide to webhook delivery: idempotency, retry budgets, silent rate limits, poison-message triage, and what to instrument before you scale.
10 min read · 25 June 2026
AI observability isn’t monitoring — here’s why
Traditional monitoring proves a service is up; AI observability proves its outputs are still correct. Layers, code, drift math, and failure modes.
14 min read · 25 June 2026
Negotiate pay in 2026 with AI proof points
A repeatable method for turning Git history into reviewable evidence of human-owned engineering work, plus how to measure it honestly.
11 min read · 25 June 2026
AWS Cost Levers: Savings Plans vs. Compute Optimizer
A practical comparison of AWS Savings Plans, Compute Optimizer and Cost Anomaly Detection, with a decision framework and a 30-minute first step.
12 min read · 25 June 2026
Pick one: Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle in 2026
A constraint-based framework for choosing between Stripe, Paddle and Lemon Squeezy, with latency tests, cost math and a 30-day pilot checklist.
14 min read · 25 June 2026
Self-healing pipelines: Argo vs Crossplane in 2026
Compare Argo CD and Crossplane for self-healing infrastructure: reconciliation models, health signals, failure modes, and how to measure detection and recovery yourself.
13 min read · 25 June 2026
Store data once, serve everywhere: cheaper
How to serve reads from regional caches instead of replicating your database everywhere, with worked cost math, invalidation code, and failure modes.
12 min read · 25 June 2026
Claude Code after a year: daily wins
Design an agentic Dependabot patcher that bumps a dependency, runs tests in a container, and opens a PR only when the suite passes.
13 min read · 25 June 2026
Alerts 2026: AI turns false alarms to silence
Build a webhook service that counts alert firings per fingerprint and demotes noisy alerts, plus how to measure whether it works.
15 min read · 24 June 2026
AI agent postmortems: the three surprises
How to run postmortems for AI agents that fail semantically, not just technically: structured semantic logging, live shadowing, and a decision checklist.
14 min read · 24 June 2026
Istio and Cilium: what really breaks in production
Service meshes amplify latent platform failures. Here is what breaks in Istio and Cilium, how to measure it, and when to defer adoption.
13 min read · 24 June 2026
API abuse patterns rising in 2026
A layered architecture for stopping credential stuffing and scraping: client integrity tokens, cohort-based rate limiting, and behavioral scoring at the CDN edge.
12 min read · 24 June 2026
AI steals junior tasks: 3 skills that protect pay
AI coding tools make boilerplate cheap. Here is how to measure whether your time is shifting to validated product work or just faster scaffolding.
13 min read · 24 June 2026
AI codebase onboarding: 2 paths compared
Two onboarding paths for AI-heavy repos: passive shadow-mode review versus guided scaffolding, with decision criteria and failure modes.
12 min read · 24 June 2026
CI/CD for AI code: test, secure, rollback fast
A CI/CD pattern for AI-assisted code changes: deterministic locks, prompt-injection checks, smoke tests, metrics gates, and blue-green rollback.
13 min read · 23 June 2026
Map legacy code with AI before it breaks
A practical workflow for using AI, static analysis, and OpenTelemetry to map legacy systems, find silent failures, and validate fixes.
13 min read · 23 June 2026
Choosing AI Coding Assistants for Cloud-Heavy Stacks
A practical framework for evaluating AI coding assistants on cloud-heavy stacks: what to measure, how to test, and which failure modes matter.
11 min read · 23 June 2026
AI UI Generators: Production Constraints and Fixes
AI UI generators produce plausible markup, not production components. Learn the failure modes, a worked refactor, and a checklist for shipping them safely.
13 min read · 23 June 2026