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QOL Improvements During AI Development: Infrastructure, Insights, and Intelligent Analytics→
Aug 10, 2025
How early Application Insights integration, Infrastructure as Code with Bicep, and meaningful logging transform AI development workflows—plus the KQL queries that give you real visitor insights in minutes.
ai infrastructure application-insights bicep kql devops analytics quality-of-life azure telemetry
Building cydia.space in a Day: A Modern Static Site Generation Story→
Aug 9, 2025
The complete timeline of building a feature-rich personal website in a single day, from concept to deployment with Next.js, Azure, and a comprehensive build pipeline.
web-dev nextjs automation blogging
The Productivity Paradox: Why AI Tools Haven't Decreased Developer Performance→
Aug 9, 2025
A developer's take on the productivity panic: why AI tools haven't made us worse at our jobs, and why we should keep learning despite the mixed messaging from managers and media.
ai productivity developer-experience
Good Enough Code: Why Perfect is the Enemy of Shipping→
Jan 15, 2025
A developer's confession about learning when to ship 'good enough' code and why the pursuit of perfect software often kills the projects that matter most.
engineering shipping code-quality
What Makes a Good AI Rubber Duck: The Perfect Coding Assistant→
Jan 12, 2025
A developer's take on what metrics actually matter for AI coding assistants, and why your AI rubber duck needs different qualities than your general-purpose chatbot.
ai productivity developer-experience