research
Project Glasswing: 10,000 Critical Bugs Found by an AI Nobody Can Use
Claude Mythos found 10,000+ critical bugs in 8 weeks. Inside Project Glasswing — real numbers, the patching crisis, and why Anthropic won't release the model.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
AI and Tech Careers in 2026: Layoffs, Salary Shifts, and What's Actually Happening
9 deep dives into the 2026 tech job market: layoffs, AI displacement data, salary benchmarks from Cyprus to the US, and the productivity paradox. Full guide.
Agent Client Protocol (ACP): Connect Any AI Agent to Any Editor
Set up Claude Code, Gemini CLI, or Codex in JetBrains and Zed via ACP — the open protocol that decouples AI coding agents from editors. Step-by-step configs.
AI Replacing Junior Developers: What the 2026 Employment Data Shows
uv Python Tutorial: Build a CLI Tool From Scratch
Claude Code Hooks: Build 5 Production Hooks From Scratch
Software Engineer Job Market 2026: Two Markets, One Title
ML engineer roles up 59% from 2020, general SWE openings down 49%. Dice, CompTIA, and BLS data shows a 2026 market split by AI fluency. Salaries included.
WebMCP Tutorial: Make Your Website AI-Agent Ready
Build a WebMCP-enabled website from scratch with declarative HTML forms and the JavaScript imperative API. Working code for Chrome 149's origin trial.
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research
17
papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
5 jun
tutorials
13
python, go, things I actually built and shipped
4 jun
comparisons
12
x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
24 may
reviews
7
AI dev tools and models, after real use
22 may
careers
9
tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
3 jun
programming
2
language deep-dives, idioms, the traps that bite
13 aprI'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.