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Less Is More - How My Tech Stack Got Leaner and Meaner

I had a Kubernetes cluster running inside my NAS. ArgoCD managing deployments. Cloudflare Zero Trust handling ingress. On paper, it was an enterprise-grade homelab. In practice, it was an …

To Vibe or Not To Vibe

generative-ai, software-engineering, ...

You know the feeling. Late night, fresh idea buzzing, your AI coding companion humming along. You describe a function, sketch a UI, and poof - lines of code bloom onto the screen. Features materialize …

MCP Explained from Inside Out

generative-ai, agentic-ai, ...

I was running a local AI agent on my homelab when I hit a familiar wall. I asked it to summarize a file from my NAS. It could not see the file. I asked it to search the web for the latest Gemini …

Unleashing the Power of Collaborative AIs

generative-ai, innovation, ...

I spent months using ChatGPT and local LLMs as standalone assistants. They were impressive, but something kept bothering me. I would ask one model for a business strategy and get a decent plan - but …

The GPS Framework for Productivity

productivity, goal-setting, ...

I used to be the person with 47 browser tabs open, three half-finished courses, a Jira backlog that kept growing, and a vague sense that I was busy but not productive. Sound familiar? Balancing …

Scaled Agile Framework

best-practice, agile-methodology, ...

I’m not SAFe-certified. However, as an Agile enthusiast who has scaled engineering teams and delivered complex products, I’ve studied SAFe extensively and found it to be the most …