After many years working with systems of all kinds, I’ve seen how information retrieval has evolved from simple databases to today’s sophisticated systems. But what Baidu researchers have just proposed has …
The hype vs reality: reflections from a developer with 30 years of experience This morning I came across a talk that made me reflect quite a bit about all this fuss surrounding AI and software development. The speaker, …
The Problem We All Have (But Solve Poorly) As a DevOps Manager, I spend more time than I should configuring ways for the team to show their development work. Client demos, webhooks for testing, temporary APIs for …
Yet another protocol promising to change everything When IBM Research announced the Agent Communication Protocol (ACP) as part of the BeeAI project, my first reaction was the usual one: “Oh, just another universal …
The Problem We All Know (But Pretend Doesn’t Exist) As someone who has managed web infrastructure for decades, I’ve seen too many bots pretending to be what they’re not. User-Agent: “Mozilla/5.0 …
Confession of a converted skeptic When Anthropic announced the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in November 2024, my first reaction was: “Ah, another protocol promising to solve all integration problems”. As a …
A necessary reflection on the “AI-Native Engineer” I read Addyo’s article about the “AI-Native Software Engineer” and, as a Principal Backend Engineer who has seen technological promises …
With the constant evolution of AI-powered development tools, Claude Code has introduced a revolutionary feature: Hooks. This feature allows developers to customize and automate specific behaviors in the Claude Code …
“Content Independence Day”: the day the web said “enough is enough” Today, July 1, 2025, Cloudflare officially declared “Content Independence Day” with the launch of “Pay per …
The future of shopping is here, and Walmart is leading a quiet revolution that will forever change how we interact with retail. While many companies are still experimenting with ChatGPT and basic generative AI tools, the …
A Revelation in Algorithm Form Thanks to an article from System Design Academy that came my way this week, I’ve been reflecting on something I find curious and simple at the same time: how to sort massive datasets …
Apache Iceberg v3: Revolution in Geospatial Data for Modern Analytics The recent ratification of the Apache Iceberg v3 specification marks a significant milestone in the open data ecosystem, especially in the realm of …
