IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
878 articles
17 Feb 2026 · 20 min read
architecture
Part 1 of 7 — What Clean Architecture actually means in .NET 10, the Dependency Rule explained with real code, C# 14 features that matter, and setting up the Kids Learn solution structure.
Read more17 Feb 2026 · 7 min read
ai
How to test LLM outputs, validate RAG retrieval quality, and verify vector search accuracy using DeepEval, Ragas, and Testcontainers. Part 2 of the AI-powered quality engineering series.
Read more16 Feb 2026 · 12 min read
ai
A complete guide to connecting Jira, Linear, GitHub, and Playwright MCP servers with Claude Code to auto-generate BDD tests from ticket acceptance criteria, execute them against a live app, and report results back.
Read more16 Feb 2026 · 19 min read
ai
How I designed, analyzed, implemented, and tested Kids Learn — an AI-powered educational SaaS platform — using Claude as my development partner, Gemini for AI features, Next.js, PostgreSQL, and pgvector. A complete walkthrough from napkin sketch to production.
Read more16 Feb 2026 · 22 min read
ai
Setting up Playwright MCP with Claude Code to build an AI-powered test automation framework for a Next.js app. Complete guide covering Page Object Model, custom fixtures, network mocking, CI/CD integration, debugging, and AI prompting best practices. Part 1 of a series on quality engineering in the AI era.
Read more16 Feb 2026 · 16 min read
homelab
Separate guest and application recovery in a Proxmox homelab, with consistent backups, isolated restore tests and clear failure scenarios.
Read more15 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
introduction
Why I'm finally writing after over a decade in software. What to expect here — AI, .NET, leadership, and the messy reality of building things.
Read more15 Feb 2026 · 10 min read
ai
Lessons from building a real-time AI interviewer with LiveKit, OpenAI Realtime, Gemini Live, and Bedrock Nova. VAD tuning, provider failover, latency budgets, and the things nobody warns you about.
Read more15 Feb 2026 · 3 min read
architecture
After trying Next.js, Gatsby, Hugo, and plain HTML for personal sites, I finally found the framework that fits. Here's why Astro won.
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