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Notes from the workbench.

Essays on engineering, architecture, AI and the craft of writing software for a living.

Why I keep choosing Postgres and queues over the latest shiny thing — and how it's saved every team I've been on.

Stop vibe-checking your LLM. A practical workflow for shipping AI features you can actually defend in production.

Six months running a 240-POP edge deployment. What worked, what broke, and what I'd never do again.

The single calendar change that doubled my output. A field note for engineers who keep getting interrupted.

How to actually build Arabic-first interfaces — beyond just flipping the layout. A craft essay.

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