When Multisite Becomes a Liability: Lessons from the Field
Multisite can save time, but it often creates hidden costs that overwhelm.
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Notes on agentic development.
How to turn AI into real shipping speed: audits, workflows, modernization, and the tactics that hold up in production.
More writing: Ironcrest Software blog and 815 Media blog.
AI-Native, Not AI-Added: A Builder’s Field Guide to AI You Can Trust
RAG, evals, grounding, and governance — the working vocabulary behind production AI you can depend on. A builder’s field guide to LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, and shipping AI that stays grounded, cites its sources, and refuses to guess.
Read moreThe Hard Truth About Using AI: When to Say 'No'
Sometimes AI is the wrong tool. Here’s when I learned that the hard way.
Read moreWhy Race Conditions Are More Common at Checkout Than You Think
A race condition nearly tanked our checkout on a major retail site. Here's what happened.
Read moreYour Git Repo Is Not a Backup
Vibe coders treat GitHub like a cloud folder for their code. Senior engineers treat the repo as the control plane of an entire software business: code review, audit trails, branch-protection rules, promotions, CI/CD gates and supply-chain security. Here is the difference.
Read moreWhen Speed Kills: Lessons from Legacy Modernization
Real-world gains from modernizing legacy systems can be staggering and measurable.
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