Retry in Distributed Systems — How Production Systems Recover From Temporary Failures
Not every failure is permanent. This is something I didn't think about before. When something fails in my app, my first thought was something broke, f…
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Don't Fear the Road
An essay faith4future There's a fear going around among faithful people, and I don't think it's silly. It goes something like this: this AI thing is d…
How We Sourced a 12-Part Tech Investigation So Every Claim Survives a Hostile Fact-Check
I just shipped a 12-part video series on cloud economics - depreciation schedules, lock-in, licensing disputes, bundling cases. The kind of material w…
I Built a Publishing Tool Because I Was Too Lazy to Write
I wanted to start a blog. I had a niche, I had opinions, and I genuinely wanted to write. But every time I sat down to publish something, I hit the sa…
Stop Typos in Your Browser IDE: The Best Spell Checker for VS Code Web Environments
I'll be honest—I didn't think I needed a spell checker in VS Code until I pushed a commit with "recieved" in a variable name. My team noticed. I learn…
How To Write A Post Mortem Report Without Blame Language
I'll never forget my first post-mortem meeting. I was a junior engineer, and the server had crashed at 3 AM during a holiday sale. The report started …
Every Medium Publication That Accepts 3D Content (2026 Map)
If you create 3D content — printing guides, WebGL tutorials, Three.js projects, CAD workflows — and want to publish on Medium, you have a discovery pr…
How Tall Tales Got Designed (in Letters)
In January 2002 I dropped an envelope in the mail addressed to my brother Steve. Even in 2002, mailing a letter to a sibling was unusual — but these w…
My Struggles as a Software Engineer in 2026
This post is adapted from my YouTube vlog, " My Struggles as a Software Engineer in 2026! " I started my journey to become a software engineer two yea…
From Rot to Rhythm: How We Rebuilt Our Documentation Culture with Docusaurus
The Forgotten Layer Every infrastructure has a critical layer that doesn't show up on dashboards, but without it, everything slows down: documentation…
A Practical AI Voice Workflow for Creator Tools and Product Demos
AI voice tools are easy to test in a casual way: paste a few lines, pick a voice, export an audio file, and decide whether it sounds good enough. That…
What I Learned From Writing 50 Articles in a Row
Writing 50 articles in a row sounds impressive when you say it out loud. In reality, it looks less glamorous than people imagine. It means waking up w…
Why Every Developer Should Write: The Skill That Quietly Changes Everything
I did not plan to become someone who writes. I was just trying to survive as a developer. There were days when nothing made sense. Errors that felt pe…
I Built StealthHumanizer — A Free, Open-Source AI Text Humanizer (13 Providers, No Login)
The Problem AI detectors like GPTZero, Turnitin, and Originality.ai are everywhere. Students, writers, and professionals are getting flagged even when…