Category: tech

How We Built a National AI Assistant for 12 Million Citizens

Building a national AI assistant for 12 million citizens broke most of the software playbook I'd spent years learning. Here are the 6 lessons that survived contact with real users.

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The Rise and Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers

The Forward Deployed Engineer has gone from curiosity to one of the most talked-about titles in tech. Where it came from, what's actually new, and why it's good news for experienced engineers.

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Here's why your AI-generated code fails to scale - Part II

I shipped a fintech SaaS in 16 days. 38 commits, 304K lines, 24 entities. Seriously. Here's what that looks like in practice.

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Here's why your AI-generated code fails to scale - Part I

The gap between AI coding hype and reality isn't about the models. It's about what you build around them. A look at the spectrum from vibe coding to harness engineering.

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Code Apps - Microsoft Just Made Power Platform Actually Powerful for Real Developers

I recently started work with a Microsoft shop, and now that I'm in, I realize how many boring enterprise organizations run on Microsoft. Here's why Code Apps at Build 2025 changes everything for developers targeting enterprise contracts.

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RAG is all you need - Part 2

How do AI models actually understand what we're saying? How does ChatGPT know that "chair" is closer to "table" than "basketball"? The answer is vector search, and once you get it, a lot of things about modern AI just click.

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