IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS
Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.
11 articles
14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
ai
Qdrant released a 10-billion-document benchmark dataset on September 1, 2026, built from over a quadrillion brute-force distance calculations. I ran our production filter patterns against the old 1M-vector benchmark we'd been trusting. The gap explains a slowdown we never diagnosed.
Read more30 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
cloudflare
On Aug 27, Cloudflare shipped five memory-layout optimizations to Big Pineapple, their DNS cache, cutting per-entry memory by 56% and freeing ~100TB fleet-wide. A Tech Lead's walkthrough of the actual techniques — struct packing, arena allocation, string interning — and where they pay off in ordinary backend services, not just DNS resolvers at Cloudflare scale.
Read more19 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
agentic coding
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast, powered by Cerebras' Wafer-Scale Engine, hits 750 output tokens/second — 14x standard inference. I dug into why on-chip SRAM beats HBM for this, and what it means for how we design latency-sensitive agent products.
Read more10 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
cloud
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 ships parallel autovacuum, in-core online REPACK, and in-core plan advice. Here's what a production-minded technical lead needs to know before touching the beta, with real SQL and config examples.
Read more02 Mar 2026 · 10 min read
core-web-vitals
The definitive guide to Core Web Vitals optimization in 2026. Step-by-step techniques for LCP, INP, and CLS. Image optimization, JavaScript reduction, CDN setup, and how to take your PageSpeed Insights score from 40 to 90+. Part 5 of the SEO Leader's Complete Playbook.
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.
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 more23 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
angular
Post D — Master Angular 21 change detection: why OnPush is required on every component, how zoneless works in a real project, debugging with Angular DevTools, and handling third-party library gotchas.
Read more23 Feb 2026 · 4 min read
angular
Post I — Complete Angular 21 performance guide for ecommerce: CDK virtual scrolling for large product grids, NgOptimizedImage LQIP and fill mode, preconnect hints from SSR, and bundle analysis with nx build.
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