tutorials
LLM Food Recognition in Production: What Shipping soba Taught Me
How I picked an LLM for food photo recognition in soba: a benchmark, a live A/B that cut scan cost to $0.005, and the prompt work that fixes portion weight.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
DuckDB in Python: Query CSV, Parquet, and Pandas with SQL
DuckDB in Python turns SQL into a zero-setup analytics engine: query CSV, Parquet, and Pandas DataFrames in-process, join across sources, and add UDFs.
Faster Than Dijkstra: The New Shortest-Path Algorithm, Explained
A new shortest path algorithm finally beats Dijkstra on sparse graphs. How it breaks the 65-year sorting barrier, and why Dijkstra still wins in practice.
uv Workspaces: Build a Python Monorepo From Scratch
Context Engineering: Why Less Context Makes Better Agents
Go CLI Frameworks in 2026: Cobra vs urfave/cli vs Bubble Tea
LangGraph vs CrewAI vs OpenAI Agents SDK: The 2026 Verdict
LangGraph vs CrewAI vs OpenAI Agents SDK compared for 2026: architecture, real code, pricing, and which multi-agent framework to pick for production work.
Modern Go in 2026: New Language Features, Faster Runtime, and Where It Wins
A field guide to modern Go in 2026: iterators, generic methods, Green Tea GC, JSON v2, and where Go still beats Rust for real backend and AI agent work.
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research
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
13 aug
tutorials
26
python, go, things I actually built and shipped
29 aug
comparisons
21
x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
27 jul
reviews
14
AI dev tools and models, after real use
22 jul
careers
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
23 julnamewhat it doesshipped
orbiter
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Procedural planets you can fly to: orbit, atmosphere scattering, land the ship, walk the surface — one seeded terrain from map to footsteps. RU.
22 aug
mason
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Procedural castles drawn in pen: 8 styles from Northern Keep to Under-mountain Gate, seeds, ruin slider — export PNG or SVG.
22 aug
living-rig
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Generative hand-drawn faces that live: seeded identities drift through an emotion field, blink, glance around — export PNG or seamless GIF loops.
22 aug
photo-editor
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In-browser photo editor: 20+ filters from Noir to Glitch, light/color/detail sliders, auto-enhance — nothing uploaded. RU/EN.
12 augI'm Maksim. By day I lead an engineering team at inDrive. After hours I ship side projects (PageBloom, NotesPilot, MyDevKit, startgaze) and write things up here when I learn something worth keeping.
The blog itself runs on an agentic publishing pipeline I built and rebuilt — a slow-moving experiment in how much of a writer's workflow can be automated without losing the voice. It writes, fact-checks, and refreshes; I edit, decide, and publish.