Vertical vs Horizontal Scaling: Choosing How to Grow
Scaling a system isn’t always as simple as adding more resources. As your application grows, the way you scale can have a major impact on performance,…
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AI systems, platform engineering and architecture. Lessons from 13+ years of building at scale.
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Jev AI Model: The Fastest Adopted Model in AI Gateway History
Jev reached nearly 13% of paid AI Gateway teams unusually fast. Here is what that adoption curve means…
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MCP Explained: Model Context Protocol Guide
MCP standardizes how apps expose tools, resources, and prompts to LLMs. This guide covers architecture, security, and working…
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AI Agent Harnesses, Explained
The model is the brain; the harness is the room it works in. A field guide to loops,…
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AI Image Generation Models: How to Evaluate and Choose in 2026
Evaluate AI image models with a concrete rubric: adherence, edits, typography, licensing, ops. Then compare GPT Image, Gemini,…
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LangChain 101: Chains, Prompts and the First LLM App
Build your first LangChain app with chains, prompts, and LCEL. Opinionated guidance on when a framework helps and…
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The Claude Skills Blueprint – Part 5: Production & Scale
Ship Claude Skills past the demo: eval loops, versioning, shared repos, and the under/over-trigger failures that show up…
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The Claude Skills Blueprint – Part 4: The Orchestration Engine
Claude Skills as the conductor over MCP tools: data pass-off, validation gates, and multi-step workflows that do not…
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The Claude Skills Blueprint – Part 3: Claude Skills Logic Layer
Progressive disclosure keeps Claude focused: metadata first, then instructions, then references. Part 3 covers the logic layer and…
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The Claude Skills Blueprint – Part 2: Claude Skill Structure
A Claude Skill is a directory: meta.yaml for triggers, SKILL.md for instructions, and references for deep context. Part…
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The Claude Skills Blueprint – Part 1: The Paradigm Shift
Claude Skills turn one-off prompts into versioned folders your team can share. Part 1 covers why the blank-prompt…
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Technical SEO 2026: CWV, Semantic Search, and GEO Actions
Practical Technical SEO for 2026: INP/LCP/CLS, schema and entities, mobile indexing, IndexNow, bot policy, and a concrete GEO…
