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How to use AI in your product without turning it into hype
A practical guide to using AI where it actually helps product teams: support, search, automation, and decision-making.
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15 minOrchestrating coding agents with Orca and OpenSpec: a complete SDD workflow
A practical tutorial for turning a specification into parallel work with OpenSpec and Orca, reviewing the results, and closing the change with traceability intact.
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11 minWhat to review in a backend before deciding to rewrite
A practical audit before rewriting: behavior, incidents, dependencies, data, contracts, delivery and transition cost.
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12 minLegacy backend modernization: cost, risks and phases
Plan legacy backend modernization through diagnosis, tests, boundaries, coexistence, rollback and exit criteria.
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7 minWhen a company needs Spring Boot maintenance
Signs that a Java Spring Boot application needs maintenance, from incidents and dependencies to observability and releases.
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14 minModular Monolith vs Microservices: What I'd Choose
Microservices are powerful, but they are not always the right starting point. Learn when to choose a modular monolith, when microservices make sense, and how to make the transition safely.
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12 minAstro 7: What Changed, Performance, and Why It Matters for the Modern Web
A practical technical guide to Astro 7: Vite 8, the Rust compiler, Sätteri, Advanced Routing, DX, performance, and when to upgrade.
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