research
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.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
asyncio TaskGroup vs gather: Exceptions, Cancellation and Results, Tested
asyncio TaskGroup vs gather, run side by side: gather leaves siblings running after a failure and silently drops later errors. TaskGroup cancels them all.
FastAPI Rate Limiting: slowapi, a Token Bucket and Redis, Tested
FastAPI rate limiting with slowapi, a token-bucket dependency and Redis. Real runs show a fixed window letting 19 requests through a 10-per-minute limit.
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 Agent Protocols in 2026: MCP vs A2A vs ACP vs WebMCP
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.
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.
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research
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
28 oct
tutorials
28
python, go, things I actually built and shipped
18 oct
comparisons
23
x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
22 oct
reviews
13
AI dev tools and models, after real use
25 sep
careers
13
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.