The Paradox of Democratized Software
Everyone can build it. Almost no one can afford to run it at scale. And the companies selling the picks and shovels are about to get undercut by the s…
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Everyone can build it. Almost no one can afford to run it at scale. And the companies selling the picks and shovels are about to get undercut by the s…
Series of posts about broken software. Short stories. Today, Firefox . Turns out to be that closing the window of the browser has different behaviour …
“I don't want recommendations! I know what I want to watch."
Imagine you are building a modern car. Instead of welding the engine directly to the chassis, you bolt it in. Why? Because if the engine breaks—or if …
Introduction Teams building content systems for regulated industries can now deploy multi-agent AI with confidence, knowing that every decision the sy…
(Ruuk shares syntax with F#. A brief introduction to F# is provided here if you need it.) As a tech lead, I'd set minimum standards for API error hand…
The previous article argued that compilers could check more than they currently do — and that the agentic coding era makes this urgent. The articles t…
It is not a replacement for promises. It is just promises wearing a cleaner outfit. Here is how that clicked for me. If you have already understood pr…
Part 1: From Scratch to Systems . This machine learning series will be a real ride. It’s an interactive journey where I’ll be sharing and raising lots…
Africa is the fastest-growing fintech market globally, with revenues projected to expand 13x by 2030. The continent already accounts for the majority …
When a blinking cursor on a screen awaited my input for the very first time, I could not possibly have anticipated that this technology would soon ope…
Hey everyone, As a developer and independent contractor, I dread tax estimation season. But what I dread even more is searching for a "free 1099 calcu…
I think AI is starting to fundamentally change what strong engineering looks like. And honestly, I don’t think the biggest shift is coding speed. It’s…
The OWASP Top 10 (2025): 10 Ways Developers Are Handing Attackers the Keys Every major breach you've read about in the last five years? It was probabl…
The Cybersecurity Professional's Deep Dive into Computer Hardware Roadmap Position: Stage 0 → Module 1 of 5 Prerequisite: None — this is where everyth…
Moving from macOS to Linux is usually easier than people expect. The terminal is excellent, package managers are powerful, window managers are flexibl…
decided to share my recent observations from working with AI coding agents / LLMs everyday (subjective option): there's no longer a token limit (the r…
One thing that isn't talked about enough in AI right now is how easy it has become to mistake a working demo for a production-ready system. You can bu…
"The move to AcuRite NOW has not been as smooth as some customers expected ..."
Earlier this year, Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, launched, trended, and became a cautionary tale within the same week. Security researcher…
Most engineering organisations do not fail because their developers are untalented. They fail because their communication structures, ownership bounda…
Access to TV OS's source code could allow users to limit ads, tracking.
Problem and Motivation After years away, I decided to return to my favorite programming language: Java . My main goal was to deepen my understanding o…
AI has made the first version of almost everything easier to ship. A founder can test a landing page faster. A product manager can mock a workflow bef…
Hey DEV, I just graduated high school last Friday, and I have 13 weeks before college starts. Instead of spending the summer doing nothing, I'm challe…
Modern software teams deploy updates faster than ever before. With Agile development, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines becoming standard, applica…
Hi, I've been working on a note taking app called Annota . It started as a fun hobby project but I kept adding more and more features and it became a …
Newer AcuRite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option.
In the same way that home DIY is different from hiring a professional tradesperson, D-AI-Y is different from professional AI development. Both have va…
Modern software development is impossible without version control. Whether you're building applications alone, working in a startup, contributing to o…