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We have all hit the "stochastic wall." You start a development project with a top-tier AI model—whether it is GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, or a specialized local LLM—and for the first twenty minutes, the speed is incredible. However, as the codebase grows and the conversation history deepens, a subtle but d... read more

In 2018 the event-stream npm package got a malicious update that targeted a specific Bitcoin wallet. Millions of downloads. One compromised maintainer. MCP is heading down the same path, just faster. The config everyone has If you've used Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client, your... read more

Open source claims to be about code. In practice, it’s often about identity. Every public pull request on GitHub permanently attaches: Your name Your username Your avatar Your contribution history Your timezone patterns Your long-term activity trail Even if you later delete your account, forks... read more

Key Signals for Identifying Trend Momentum Turning Points: Breakout Measured Moves, Range Contraction, and Pattern Compression ... read more

adblock-fast: Major rewrite from shell script to native ucode (v1.2.2). Now includes comprehensive functional test suite, performance optimizations via procd data caching, compatibility improvements for older ucode versions, and enhanced error handling for dnsmasq configuration validation. luci-app-... read more

Two Villages and a Very Professional Wall There were once two villages in a valley. On one side lived the Developers. They wrote code. They shipped features. They believed progress was measured in commits per hour. On the other side lived the Ops tribe. They guarded uptime. They feared... read more

Your code review bot has 99.9% availability. Median response time is under two seconds. It hasn't thrown an error in weeks. It's also approving PRs with critical security vulnerabilities, rejecting clean code because it doesn't like the variable names, and your senior engineers are quietly overrid... read more

Build an AI Chatbot with One API Key: From Zero to Production in 30 Minutes This tutorial builds a production-ready AI chatbot backend with streaming responses, conversation history, model switching, and proper error handling. We'll use Python, FastAPI, and the OpenAI SDK pointed at an A... read more

AI API Market in 2026: Pricing Trends, New Players, and What's Coming The AI API market in early 2026 looks nothing like it did a year ago. Prices dropped across the board, open-source models closed the quality gap, and the "one provider fits all" era ended. Here's what changed and what ... read more

In my previous two posts, I’ve written about integrating AI into Spring Boot systems without collapsing architectural boundaries, and about how AI-assisted refactors can quietly erode layering. There’s another form of drift that’s even subtler still: Semantic drift. AI coding agents don't just c... read more