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• The €1.00 Pull Request: My Weekend with Gemini CLI

  Published:9 Dec, 2025 |  at 09:01 AM

  I spent a weekend coding with Gemini CLI. It cost €1.00 for one refactoring task. Here is my analysis of the real cost of AI-assisted development.

• Why 'Just Write Better Prompts' Isn’t the Answer

  Published:9 Nov, 2025 |  at 01:36 PM

  We like to pretend LLMs are these fuzzy, intuitive thinkers. But at the core, they’re just very large, very sophisticated pattern-matching machines built on rigid rules.

• Learning by Reimplementing Raft

  Published:15 Oct, 2025 |  at 11:05 AM

  Back in 2016, I was working on an NCache-to-Redis migration. The catch? This wasn’t a clean, containerized world.

• The Paradox of Hiring in 2025: When Everyone’s Applying but Nobody’s the Right Fit

  Published:9 Oct, 2025 |  at 11:43 AM

  Over the past year, I’ve been part of several engineering hiring processes — across different companies, networks, and roles.