IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
901 articles
11 Feb 2026 · 6 min read
cloudflare
Everything I configured to secure my portfolio site with Cloudflare — from SSL and WAF rules to bot protection and security headers. Free tier covers most of it.
Read more01 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
ai
I've used Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and other AI tools every day for over a year. Here's what actually saves time, what wastes it, and the productivity trap nobody talks about.
Read more15 Nov 2025 · 3 min read
ai
I built a GitHub Action that uses Claude to review PRs. The first version was annoying. The current version catches real bugs. Here's the whole journey.
Read more20 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
agents
I experimented with CrewAI and LangGraph to build multi-agent workflows. Some were genuinely useful, some were expensive toys. Here's what I learned.
Read more15 Jun 2025 · 4 min read
ai
We built a RAG knowledge base. The first version gave wrong answers half the time. Six months of iteration later, it actually works. Here's every lesson.
Read more10 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
ai
We tested ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, and pgvector for our RAG system. Benchmarks, costs, developer experience — and the one I'd pick today.
Read more20 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
ai
We integrated Azure OpenAI into a client's enterprise platform. Here's the practical stuff — networking, content filtering, cost surprises, and what the docs don't cover.
Read more08 Jun 2024 · 5 min read
ai
I started with ASP.NET Web Forms in 2008. Now I'm building AI agents with .NET and Python. A reflection on how the ecosystem changed — and how it didn't.
Read more22 Jan 2024 · 4 min read
architecture
The story of migrating a 2M+ line retail platform to microservices. What the strangler pattern actually looks like when you're in the middle of it.
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