DORA Metrics in AI Era: Why Developer Productivity Frameworks Need a Reboot
DORA metrics assume deployment velocity correlates with value. AI tools broke that correlation. I explain why.
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Database Disasters 2024–2025: Eight Production Failures and How to Survive Them
AWS Redshift down 15 hours. Google Cloud deleted a pension fund. PostgreSQL 13 EOL. Here are 8 database disasters and recovery strategies.
Conference-Driven Architecture Discourse: What QCon SF, SAG Berlin, and AWS re:Invent Tell Us About…
November 2025 broke records. Three major architecture conferences in two weeks. 150+ speakers.
Ilya Sutskever Just Told Us the Scaling Era Is Over
The “age of scaling” is ending. Models are overfitted competitive programmers who ace benchmarks but make mistakes humans never would.
RAG vs Finetuning: Choosing the Right Approach for Your LLM Application
Stop asking which is better. That’s the wrong question. The right question is: What breaks first, and how do you fix it when it does?
Apple Just Sold a $230 Sock for Your iPhone
Take your iPhone out. Put the pouch on your foot. Your feet are now part of the Apple ecosystem, and you will love the integrity
Cursor Raised $2.3B in 5 Months, but the Math Doesn’t Work.
I’ve been enjoying building simple apps with Cursor. The product works. It’s genuinely impressive how quickly you can get something working…
Architecture Lessons from the October 2025 AWS Outage: Why Your System Will Fail (And How to Handle…
This article isn’t about what went wrong at AWS. It’s about what went wrong in the architectural decisions of the businesses that went…
Why “Companion” (2025) Is the Most Honest Movie About AI Relationships You’ll See This Year
“Companion,” which premiered in theaters on January 31, 2025, is different. And I need to tell you why
Edge AI and On-Device Models: The Reality Check
October 2025? It was another one of those months where the AI hype machine went into overdrive