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Claude Sonnet 5 Review: A Week With Anthropic's New Default
Claude Sonnet 5 review after a week: it nearly matches Opus 4.8 on coding, beats it on Terminal-Bench, and runs at just $2/$10 — but the tokenizer bites.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
DuckDB vs Polars in 2026: Which One for Your Data Pipeline?
DuckDB vs Polars for data engineering in 2026: benchmarks, memory usage, SQL vs DataFrame ergonomics, and when to reach for each. Real numbers, honest verdict.
Go Generic Methods: A Hands-On Go 1.27 Tutorial
Go 1.27 finally adds generic methods: type parameters on methods at last. A hands-on tutorial on the syntax, the chaining it enables, and the interface catch.
Modern Python Tooling in 2026: Package Managers, Type Checkers, and Speed
Mem0 vs Cognee vs Letta: Which AI Agent Memory Actually Sticks?
Sparse Attention Explained: How LLMs Handle Million-Token Contexts Without Melting Your GPU
Perplexity Bumblebee Review: The Supply Chain Scanner Your Dev Machine Needs
Bumblebee scans npm, PyPI, Go, MCP configs, and editor extensions for compromised packages, all without running a single install script. Hands-on review.
Will AI Replace Software Engineers? SignalFire's 80M-Company Study Says No
SignalFire tracked 80M+ companies: engineers are 55% of Big Tech hires, attrition is 9%, front-end roles dropped 25%. The real data on AI and dev jobs.
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
30 jun
tutorials
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python, go, things I actually built and shipped
2 jul
comparisons
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x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
3 jul
reviews
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AI dev tools and models, after real use
7 jul
careers
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
26 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.