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Skip Intro at Scale: How I Built Netflix’s Missing Feature for $0.30 per Movie

Combining GPT-4o mini and Gemini Pro 2.5 to detect intros 20× cheaper than Amazon Rekognition

May 26

A couple sits together on a couch in a cozy living room, watching a streaming service on their large wall-mounted TV. The woman, wearing a red knit sweater, holds a remote control while smiling at the screen. The man, in a blue v-neck shirt, sits close beside her with his arm around her, also looking at the TV with a smile. The TV displays what appears to be an action movie or series with several men in suits, and there’s a “SKIP INTRO” button visible on the screen.

May 26

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AI‑Ready Software Architecture: Ship Faster by Design

Proven patterns that keep AI coding and you shipping

Apr 23

Two software developers engaged in serious discussion at a café table. One person in a light blue button-up shirt holds a coffee cup while listening intently. The other person in an orange t-shirt appears to be explaining something, gesturing toward a laptop displaying code on the screen. Large windows and a plant are visible in the background.

Apr 23

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EU AI Act: Builders and Deployers, Both on the Hook

What every developer, ML engineer, and tech lead needs to know right now

Apr 28

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Apr 28

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Good News, Devs: AI Makes You More Valuable

5 Essential AI skills to boost your career today

Mar 19

A female developer with glasses and curly hair works at her desk in warm, ambient lighting. She’s focused on multiple screens of colorful code while a small blue robot AI assistant sits beside her keyboard. The intimate workspace setting creates a collaborative atmosphere, showing human and AI working together rather than competing.

Mar 19

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GitSage: An AI Agent for Automated Release Notes

Turn messy commit messages into polished release notes automatically

Jan 14

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The Day I Killed the OK-Gnome and Nearly Caused a Harbor Riot

Modal dialogs, angry dockworkers, and why process names lie

3d ago

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Introducing Nibble: The AI That Improves Your Code One Bite at a Time

While you sleep, your code gets (slightly) better

Jun 9

A cute blue robot wearing a winter hat sits at a laptop computer, holding a steaming mug of coffee. The scene shows a cozy nighttime coding environment with a crescent moon visible through a window, floating code symbols, and warm golden code displayed on the laptop screen.

Jun 9

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The Click That Crashed a Hospital

I flicked the switch, the wards went dark, here’s why your “just reboot it” reflex can kill

Jun 4

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Beyond Brittle: Building Resilient UI Testing

How we combined Playwright, OmniParser, and the OpenAI Agents SDK to end our maintenance nightmares

May 20

Two frustrated developers stare at a large monitor displaying a dashboard titled ‘FAILING TESTS’. The screen shows twelve test cases (TEST 1 through TEST 18) all marked with red ‘FAIL’ status and red bar graphs indicating failure metrics. The scene captures the moment of realization that their entire test suite has collapsed.

May 20

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NIS2: What Every Developer and Tech Lead Needs To Know Right Now

Your roadmap through the NIS2 regulatory landscape

May 5

A focused software developer in a dimly lit office types on a back‑lit keyboard; one monitor shows a red warning triangle, another displays source code, while an EU flag hangs in the background — capturing the urgency of complying with European cybersecurity rules.

May 5

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IT Architect, Developer & Writer focused on open-source, AI, LLMs & AI agents. Embracing agile methodologies, lifelong learning, and knowledge sharing.

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