IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
878 articles
27 Feb 2026 · 16 min read
ai
Part 9 of 12 — Recording interviews is easy. Doing it legally isn't. LiveKit Egress, real-time transcription, GDPR consent flows, HIPAA encryption requirements, and the compliance checklist you need before go-live.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 5 min read
azure
Part 1 of 7 — Why Azure Foundry Voice Live changes everything for real-time voice AI. Understand the architecture, compare alternatives, and see how to build an interview system that responds in under 200ms.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 5 min read
audio-quality
Part 5 of 7 — Low latency is useless if the voice sounds robotic. Learn how to configure audio codecs, enable noise suppression, handle natural interruptions, and choose the right AI voice persona for an interview system.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 30 min read
nextjs
Part 4 of 9 — Implementing production-grade SEO for marketing websites: dynamic metadata from Umbraco, JSON-LD structured data, XML sitemaps, robots.txt, Open Graph, Core Web Vitals optimization, and Lighthouse 100.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 6 min read
azure
Part 6 of 7 — Things will break. This is your complete troubleshooting guide for Azure Voice Live in Next.js: WebSocket drops, choppy audio, VAD false positives, session timeouts, quota limits, and every other issue you'll encounter.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 6 min read
azure
Part 7 of 7 — Your demo works. Now make it production-ready for 1,000 concurrent interviews. Full guide to deployment options, WebSocket scaling, Azure pricing breakdown, cost estimations, and monitoring for Azure Voice Live.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 9 min read
devops
Docker and Kubernetes explained like you're having coffee with a friend. No jargon walls — just real analogies about shipping containers, apartments, and why 'works on my machine' is everyone's least favorite sentence.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 10 min read
ai
Everything you need to know about Claude Skills: structure, the P-T-C-F framework, 5 ready-to-use skills for developers, marketers, and writers. Copy-paste code included.
Read more27 Feb 2026 · 5 min read
azure
Part 4 of 7 — Every millisecond counts in a voice interview. Learn how to architect your Azure Voice Live system for sub-150ms end-to-end latency through region selection, chunk tuning, buffer strategies, and WebSocket optimization.
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