Software
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Posts about software development, tools, and engineering craft. If you need hands-on help, check out my consulting or technical audits.
Why I Built Shopify Ops
Shopify Ops started as a small Shopify vs ShipStation audit. It turned into a self-hosted operations toolkit for catching order, fulfillment, and catalog issues before customers do.
What if We Just… Made Billionaires Fix Their Companies to Avoid Taxes?
A thought experiment: what if we tied wealth taxation to customer satisfaction metrics?
AI-Powered Cyberattack: When Bots Start Hacking Other Bots
Anthropic disclosed a large cyberattack almost entirely carried out by AI - a preview of what automated offensive security looks like.
SOC 2: Lessons Learned from My Duck-ups
SOC 2 compliance isn't something you do once and forget - it's an ongoing quarterly effort. Here's what I learned the hard way.
Google Is Sinking the Pixel Lineup + Android
The Pixel 10's performance problems, hardware quality issues, and Android's looming sideloading restrictions are all symptoms of the same disease.
Why Digital Preservation Is Failing
Between platform migrations, AI content floods, and the structural impossibility of archiving the modern web, we're losing more than we realize.
Anthropic Just Dropped One of the Best Technical Posts on Multi-Agent AI Systems
Anthropic's engineering post on their multi-agent research system is required reading for anyone building with AI.
My Guide on AI Model Providers in 2025 (April/May): My Hands-On Experience
A practical comparison of Gemini, Claude, Grok, OpenAI, and Mistral based on real production use.
Open Source Forking: Now What?
Forking might seem attractive, but the hidden costs - fragmentation, drift, and maintenance overhead - often outweigh the benefits.
Windows Chaos Before and After Update: What Happened and How We Survived
A Windows 11 laptop became inaccessible after the April 2025 update. Here's how we got in, what we learned, and what to do before it happens to you.
TensorFlow, Docker and GPUs: My Windows 11 Nightmare Solved
Two days of fighting TensorFlow GPU setup on Windows 11. Docker saved me - here's what I built and why it works.
macOS Sequoia Spotlight Bug
Spotlight on macOS Sequoia is writing up to 26TB per night to disk. Here's how to disable it before it kills your SSD.
Mp4, Safari, and Cloudflare – a Love-Hate Relationship
Why your videos break on Safari and iOS when served through Cloudflare, and five ways to fix it.
"PlanetScale forever" – my 2 cents
PlanetScale killed their free tier and laid off staff in the same breath. Here's why that matters, and where to go instead.
Resizing an Amazon EC2 Instance
Resizing an EBS-backed EC2 instance is simpler than it used to be. Here's what to check and how to do it without causing downtime.
Made by Google
Google has killed ~290 products. The anxiety of building on services that might vanish is real - and it's changing how I think about infrastructure.
No Code Apps and Everything "Good" About Them
No-code platforms promise to democratize development. Here's why they often fail businesses that try to scale on them.