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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.
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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
Junior developer employment fell 20% since 2024 while ML engineer openings surged 59%. Stanford, BLS, and Forrester data on who's being cut and what works.
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
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.
Anthropic's Agentic Coding Report: 8 Trends, Dissected
Anthropic's 2026 report claims coding agents will reshape software development. Here's what the 8 trends actually mean after running agents on production code.
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
26 may
tutorials
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python, go, things I actually built and shipped
4 jun
comparisons
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x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
24 may
reviews
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AI dev tools and models, after real use
22 may
careers
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
3 jun
programming
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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.