I’ve been writing about Claude Code skills, LLM dev workflows, and lessons from building products solo. Thanks to everyone who subscribed on Medium — I appreciate you following along, especially Continue reading Starting my own newsletter — Build Signals
I am standing in front of a system I did not build, did not name, and definitely did not consent to inheriting. The screen is on. Something is humming. There Continue reading How I Approach a System I Have Never Seen Before
▶️Introduction In Kyverno Policy Conflicts, we saw a pattern of structural failures: Multiple policies mutating the same fields Validation rules assuming a state that mutations later invalidate Policy intent fragmented Continue reading Designing Conflict-Free Kyverno Policies: Patterns for Ownership, Scope, and Determinism
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As AI coding agents become the norm, I’ve spent the last few months figuring out what actually works vs. what’s just hype. Here are 5 patterns that have genuinely sped Continue reading 5 AI Coding Patterns That Actually Work (2026 Edition)
Pitfall 1: Poor Instance Selection ❌ Common Mistakes: Over-provisioning: Blindly choosing high-spec instances, leading to wasted performance. Misunderstanding the differences between Compute-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, and Storage-Optimized types. Ignoring the limitations of Continue reading Cloud Newbies: Avoid These 5 Costly Pitfalls! | Cloud Cost Optimization
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Hey Gophers! If you’re building APIs, microservices, or real-time apps with Go, you’re already riding a wave of simplicity and performance. Go’s concurrency model (goroutines FTW!) and robust net/http package Continue reading The Future of Go Network Programming: What’s Next for Gophers?
For a long time, I sat firmly in the “QR codes are garbage” camp. Like many of you, my primary exposure to them was during the pandemic, trying to load Continue reading The “Desktop-to-Mobile” Handoff: Why I Stopped Hating QR Codes in My UX
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Codebase understanding is the most important developer skill nobody teaches. Schools teach algorithms. Bootcamps teach frameworks. Nobody teaches: “here’s a 500K-line codebase you’ve never seen — figure out how to Continue reading Understanding Your Codebase in 2026: The Complete Guide
You have 10 minutes with the repo before your final interview round. Here is exactly what to check. Minute 1-2: Git Health How often does main get commits? Daily = Continue reading The 10-Minute Codebase Audit: What to Check Before Joining a New Team
A lot of developers think DI registration is simple: services.AddScoped<IMyService, MyService>(); Done. Until someone registers the same interface twice. Or a NuGet package adds a default implementation. Or your IEnumerable<T> Continue reading The Real Difference Between Add, TryAdd, and TryAddEnumerable in .NET
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