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After using n8n, Zapier, and Make here’s what matters (and what doesn’t)

After using n8n, Zapier, and Make here’s what matters (and what doesn’t)

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In 30 years of tech, my friend faced the anxiety, sacrifice, and reality of being laid off

In 30 years of tech, my friend faced the anxiety, sacrifice, and reality of being laid off

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How hero culture quietly sneaks into our engineering teams and burns people out

How hero culture quietly sneaks into our engineering teams and burns people out

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10 n8n automations every developer should run before they burn out

10 n8n automations every developer should run before they burn out

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AI agents aren’t a feature, they’re a full-stack system

AI agents aren’t a feature, they’re a full-stack system

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Finally, no more headaches collecting technical documentation

Finally, no more headaches collecting technical documentation

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Why your “simple” react app exploded

Why your “simple” react app exploded

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Top programming languages to learn in 2026

Top programming languages to learn in 2026

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AI killed my coding brain but I’m rebuilding it (Part 2)

AI killed my coding brain but I’m rebuilding it (Part 2)

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Can’t stay motivated while coding? This is how software engineers actually get motivated

Can’t stay motivated while coding? This is how software engineers actually get motivated

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LLMs, RAG, and Vector Databases Intuitively and Exhaustively Explained

LLMs, RAG, and Vector Databases Intuitively and Exhaustively Explained

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I build AI features like a final boss: the 7 dangerous assumptions teams keep making

I build AI features like a final boss: the 7 dangerous assumptions teams keep making

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I tried every ChatGPT prompt list. these 20 finally worked

I tried every ChatGPT prompt list. these 20 finally worked

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We removed half our DevOps tools in 2026 nothing broke

We removed half our DevOps tools in 2026 nothing broke

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I reviewed 126,000 tech layoffs. These 5 skills still got hired in 2026.

I reviewed 126,000 tech layoffs. These 5 skills still got hired in 2026.

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“Just use aws” is starting to sound like bad advice in 2026

“Just use aws” is starting to sound like bad advice in 2026

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Apple broke our cloud build in production. Here's what actually failed:

Apple broke our cloud build in production. Here's what actually failed:

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Vibe coding is gone? the logs don’t lie.

Vibe coding is gone? the logs don’t lie.

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I Miss Writing Code No One Was Going to See

I Miss Writing Code No One Was Going to See

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Python in 2026: is it dying, or are we just done lying to ourselves?

Python in 2026: is it dying, or are we just done lying to ourselves?

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Why nobody wants to hire developers anymore (and what actually fixes it)

Why nobody wants to hire developers anymore (and what actually fixes it)

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Why nobody wants to hire developers anymore (and what actually fixes it)

Why nobody wants to hire developers anymore (and what actually fixes it)

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10 best AI engineering courses for developers (I reviewed 50 so you don’t have to)

10 best AI engineering courses for developers (I reviewed 50 so you don’t have to)

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I spent years mastering Git, then Lazygit made me faster in a week.

I spent years mastering Git, then Lazygit made me faster in a week.

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You’re not building Netflix stop coding like you are.

You’re not building Netflix stop coding like you are.

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The hidden burnout devs face even when they love the work

The hidden burnout devs face even when they love the work

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The 3 books that finally rewired my developer brain

The 3 books that finally rewired my developer brain

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Am I still a real developer if AI writes half my code?

Am I still a real developer if AI writes half my code?

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Kubernetes Just Retired the Ingress Everyone Thought Was “The Default”

Kubernetes Just Retired the Ingress Everyone Thought Was “The Default”

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30 days without AI: what I learned when I finally used my brain again

30 days without AI: what I learned when I finally used my brain again

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Google won the AI race… but did devs actually win anything?

Google won the AI race… but did devs actually win anything?

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The Dockerfile mistakes even senior devs make (and yes, I learned them the the hard way)

The Dockerfile mistakes even senior devs make (and yes, I learned them the the hard way)

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The three cloud giants down in 30 days what’s actually going on?

The three cloud giants down in 30 days what’s actually going on?

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Multicloud: Freedom or a Fancy Form of Chaos?

Multicloud: Freedom or a Fancy Form of Chaos?

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Gambiarra is the real engineering superpower no one admits using

Gambiarra is the real engineering superpower no one admits using

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Too ambitious to quit, too lazy to start? Read this instead.

Too ambitious to quit, too lazy to start? Read this instead.

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How to learn any language (even if you still forget semicolons)

How to learn any language (even if you still forget semicolons)

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Fast Code, Fragile Security: How DevSecOps Lost Control (and How We Fix It)

Fast Code, Fragile Security: How DevSecOps Lost Control (and How We Fix It)

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The Real AI Startup Stack: $33M Valuations, $1.2K OpenAI Bills

The Real AI Startup Stack: $33M Valuations, $1.2K OpenAI Bills

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Europe just dropped a cloud rulebook (and it’s actually good)

Europe just dropped a cloud rulebook (and it’s actually good)

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TypeScript Rewrote Itself in Go?! What That “10x Faster” Hype Really Means

TypeScript Rewrote Itself in Go?! What That “10x Faster” Hype Really Means

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Trick or Outage? October’s AWS + Azure Double Scare.

Trick or Outage? October’s AWS + Azure Double Scare.

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The Weirdest Linux Distros That Shouldn’t Exist (But Absolutely Do)

The Weirdest Linux Distros That Shouldn’t Exist (But Absolutely Do)

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The 2-hour upgrade: coder engineer

The 2-hour upgrade: coder engineer

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When Oracle Got Hacked (and the Hackers Fought Each Other)

When Oracle Got Hacked (and the Hackers Fought Each Other)

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Copilot is gaslighting developers and we’re all pretending it’s fine

Copilot is gaslighting developers and we’re all pretending it’s fine

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The AI Speed Illusion

The AI Speed Illusion

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Why Finnish devs outperform silicon valley (long-term): The nordic way of code

Why Finnish devs outperform silicon valley (long-term): The nordic way of code

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Vibe Coding Vibe Deployment: The Next Big DevOps Shift

Vibe Coding Vibe Deployment: The Next Big DevOps Shift

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DevSecOps Is Broken (and We All Kinda Know It)

DevSecOps Is Broken (and We All Kinda Know It)

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The older I get, the better my code becomes

The older I get, the better my code becomes

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Load Balancing 100,000 WebSockets (and Somehow Surviving It)

Load Balancing 100,000 WebSockets (and Somehow Surviving It)

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Reinventing Kubernetes in 2025: a post-mortem of my “simple” stack

Reinventing Kubernetes in 2025: a post-mortem of my “simple” stack

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My CI/CD bot fixed production while I slept until it didn’t

My CI/CD bot fixed production while I slept until it didn’t

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When numbers lie: the Java equality bug every dev hits at least once

When numbers lie: the Java equality bug every dev hits at least once

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AI won’t replace you, but bad AI habits will

AI won’t replace you, but bad AI habits will

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My Thoughts on the 2025 Stack Overflow Survey: The Hype, the Reality, the Gap

My Thoughts on the 2025 Stack Overflow Survey: The Hype, the Reality, the Gap

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Work hard, ship code, go home: Why hustle culture is cringe

Work hard, ship code, go home: Why hustle culture is cringe

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Stop writing code that future devs will hate you for

Stop writing code that future devs will hate you for

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The AI bubble is bursting and devs are back in the game

The AI bubble is bursting and devs are back in the game

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