comparisons
httpx vs aiohttp vs requests in 2026: Benchmarks and the httpx2 Fork
httpx vs aiohttp vs requests, benchmarked locally: aiohttp ran 9-19x faster than httpx async. Plus httpx2, the Pydantic fork the OpenAI SDK now ships.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
Python Tenacity Tutorial: Retries With Backoff, Jitter and Retry-After
Python tenacity tutorial with runnable code: exponential backoff, jitter that survives the max cap, Retry-After on 429s, async retries and fast pytest tests.
Why Is AI Writing So Hard to Read? A New Paper Measured It
Why is AI writing so hard to read? A new paper measured 14 LLMs on six features linked to reading difficulty and traced the cause to length pressure in RL.
asyncio TaskGroup vs gather: Exceptions, Cancellation and Results, Tested
FastAPI Rate Limiting: slowapi, a Token Bucket and Redis, Tested
Software Engineer Jobs in Europe 2026: Where the Openings Went and Which Visa Gets You In
AI Carb Counting Accuracy: I Tested Soba on 400 Meal Photos
AI carb counting accuracy, measured: Soba got 68.5% of meals within 10 g on 400 research photos. Where it fails, what fixes it, and how 8 LLMs compared.
AI Agent Protocols in 2026: MCP vs A2A vs ACP vs WebMCP
MCP vs A2A vs ACP vs WebMCP in 2026: which layer each agent protocol connects, what the July 2026 MCP spec changed, the security gaps, and a reading order.
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research
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
28 oct
tutorials
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python, go, things I actually built and shipped
1 nov
comparisons
24
x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
5 nov
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
14 octnamewhat 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.