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EU Pay Transparency Directive 2026: What Changes for Developers, Country by Country
The EU Pay Transparency Directive deadline passed in June 2026, yet only 5 countries have transposed it. What developers can demand now, country by country.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
Vibe Coding in 2026: What Works and What Breaks
Vibe coding in 2026, from someone who ships vibe-coded mini-apps: where it saves real time, where it quietly breaks in production, and an honest verdict.
Python Sampling Profiler: Profile a Running Process Without Restarting It
Python 3.15's built-in sampling profiler (Tachyon) attaches to a running process by PID, no code changes. Hands-on: attach, flamegraph, wall vs CPU vs GIL.
sqlc vs GORM vs Ent: Which Go Database Library in 2026
Best AI Models for Coding in 2026: Every One We Tested, Ranked
Ruff vs Flake8 vs Black vs Pylint: The 2026 Verdict
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.
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.
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research
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
13 aug
tutorials
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python, go, things I actually built and shipped
22 sep
comparisons
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x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
14 sep
reviews
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AI dev tools and models, after real use
25 sep
careers
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
30 sepnamewhat it doesshipped
carb-units-calculator
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Meal calculator for carbs, XE/BE/KE, glycemic index and load: 44 foods with published GI, EN/DE/RU.
27 sep
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 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.