Thoughts on software engineering, AI, and building products that last.
I built a local AI agent playground for Ollama and ran the same prompts through Qwen, Phi4, Mistral, Llama, Gemma and DeepSeek. "Tool calling" turned out to be six different things wearing the same name — and the lessons learned along the way were the most fun part.
AI tools are transforming software development — but the results depend entirely on who's using them. Here's why senior engineering expertise is more valuable than ever in an AI-assisted world.
SaaS products are appealing, but custom software often delivers 10x the value at a fraction of the long-term cost. Here's how to make the right choice.
Go isn't just fast — it's the right tool for building reliable, maintainable server-side systems. Here's the engineering rationale behind our choice.
