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Build a search system in 2026: semantic, keyword
How to build a hybrid search service with PostgreSQL, pgvector, and Redis: schema, keyword and semantic queries, reranking, caching, and how to measure recall.
13 min read · 10 June 2026
Neon vs PlanetScale vs Turso: which broke first?
Diagnose connection drops, replica lag and proxy limits in Neon, PlanetScale and Turso, with reproducible tests and fixes that do not rely on guesswork.
13 min read · 10 June 2026
AI interviews now ask for this
AI-assisted coding has changed what engineering interviews probe: flaky tests, observability overhead, secret rotation, and auditing generated code.
16 min read · 10 June 2026
Merge three payment APIs into one system
How to consolidate multiple payment provider integrations behind one gateway: routing, idempotency, webhook normalization, and observability.
15 min read · 10 June 2026
Observability 2026: ditch the three pillars
Why the logs-metrics-traces split breaks under load, and how to design a single event store with schemas, queries and migration steps.
14 min read · 10 June 2026
Soft deletes fail: what breaks first
Soft deletes leak into every query and bloat indexes. Here is how to measure the damage and move to a tiered live/archive/cold lifecycle.
13 min read · 9 June 2026
AI burnout: why output pressure rose even as tools got
Faster AI code generation shifts the bottleneck to review, QA and on-call. Here is how to instrument net time saved and stop review fatigue.
12 min read · 9 June 2026
GraphQL vs REST vs tRPC: 2026’s API fight
Compare GraphQL, REST and tRPC on caching, type safety, debugging and cost, plus a scoring framework and failure modes for each.
13 min read · 9 June 2026
Stay relevant when tools change faster than you can
A three-tier filter for deciding which new runtimes, frameworks and patterns deserve your time, with measurement steps and rollback plans.
16 min read · 9 June 2026
AI code traps: Copilot vs Cursor smackdown
How to evaluate AI coding assistants on edge-case handling, latency, hardware and cost — with a decision checklist and a 30-minute first step.
12 min read · 9 June 2026
Event sourcing: pay the complexity tax only here
When an append-only event log earns its cost, when a temporal table is enough, and how to measure replay and projection lag before committing.
10 min read · 9 June 2026
When CircleCI's Concurrency Model Beats GitHub Actions
How to compare GitHub Actions and CircleCI at high build volume: minutes, artifact storage, concurrency limits, queue time, and a 30-day pilot plan.
11 min read · 9 June 2026
Choose no-code only when
A decision framework for no-code vs custom code: export portability, row and API limits, latency SLOs, and data residency, with a worked example and checklists.
12 min read · 9 June 2026
RAG pipelines: 4 silent prod killers
A practical guide to the silent failure modes that break RAG pipelines at scale: tokenizer drift, GPU fragmentation, index skew, and cache stampedes.
13 min read · 8 June 2026
Price your remote job like a New York dev
A worked method for turning a target take-home figure into a defensible hourly rate for US clients, including FX handling, tax and VAT lines, and quote logging.
13 min read · 8 June 2026
Remote salary: negotiate without sounding cheap
How to build a cost, timezone, and risk packet that answers a client's pricing questions before they ask, with scripts and a worked example.
14 min read · 8 June 2026
RAG in prod: what tutorials won’t tell you
Why nightly embedding refreshes break RAG latency, and how a hot/cold retrieval split with partial vector updates fixes it.
14 min read · 8 June 2026
Multi-agent systems break first
Why multi-agent systems break in production: non-determinism, state bloat, silent data loss, and how to instrument and fix each failure mode.
13 min read · 8 June 2026