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The "Resume-Driven Development" trap

Developers do not over-engineer because they hate simplicity. They do it because hype is persuasive, and CVs reward novelty.

Sunday, March 8, 2026 Read

Composition in game development

Inheritance describes what something is, but composition describes what it has. Let’s explore why shifting your mindset toward a compositional node structure can help you avoid architectural “walls.”

Monday, February 16, 2026 Read

The High Cost of ‘Shoehorning’ AI

In 2025, 95% of AI pilots fail to reach production due to “shoehorning” and a lack of accountability. Discover why subject matter experts—not marketing hype—are the key to real ROI and avoiding costly hallucinations..

Monday, February 2, 2026 Read

NibblPoker

I built a simple poker planning web app, after I got tired of having ads and limitations thrown in my face when using the standard ones out there.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Read

Multi-agent LLM workflows with CrewAI

CrewAI is an open-source solution to creating your own, multi-agent LLM workflows. Let's dive in to getting started.

Monday, June 16, 2025 Read

NDepend Code Analysis Review

Would NDepend help make you a better coder? Let's dig in and find out.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Read

C# Fluent Validation

Fluent Validation has been around for a long time and if applied correctly it can seriously enhance your model validation.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 Read

Angular Service Worker

PWAs have been around for ages and one of their biggest features is local caching done by a service worker. Let’s dive in and see how easy it is to implement one for Angular.

Sunday, March 9, 2025 Read

Deepseek Misconceptions

Deepseek has been making waves with their R1 model but I am hearing a lot of misconceptions. Let’s address those and make sure we all have a similar level of understanding.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Read

Delaying Complexity

Architecting a new system can be daunting. One approach to simplifying the process is to delay any complexities until you you can no longer delay it any further. Let’s look at this approach in more detail.

Sunday, February 2, 2025 Read

Real Agile

Why is Agile failing your engineering teams? It likely boils down to your implementation.

Friday, December 20, 2024 Read

Live Coding Interviews - Are they any good?

Large tech companies like MAANG use live-coding interviews to filter out potential bad hires. Does it work though?

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 Read