Ideas from the work
Engineering decisions, product lessons, and a closer look at what we build.
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Decompose a monolith when specific constraints justify it, such as independent deployment, ownership boundaries, or uneven resource demand. Record the current bottleneck...
A production retrieval-augmented application needs an authorized knowledge source, suitable retrieval, grounded answers, and an evaluation process. Query decomposition,...
PostgreSQL remains our default choice for relational data — and increasingly for semi-structured data, vector embeddings, and time-series workloads. Its versatility is...
WebGL and newer browser graphics APIs can support interactive visual experiences, subject to browser, device, driver, and policy restrictions. Detect the required...
AI applications face risks including prompt injection, unintended data exposure, and unauthorized tool use. Define the data and action boundaries for each application,...
Infrastructure as code makes intended resource configuration reviewable and repeatable. Its value depends on versioned modules, controlled state access, reviewed...
The full-stack development landscape is changing faster than at any point in the past decade. Three converging trends — AI-augmented development workflows, edge-first...