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Is a Computer Science Degree Worth It in 2026?
Is a computer science degree worth it in 2026? CS grad unemployment hit 6.1%, yet the answer flips depending on whether you study in the US or the EU.
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software in 2026.
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.
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
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
How sparse attention cuts LLM inference cost by 10x on long contexts. Covers DeepSeek NSA, MInference, H2O, and The Sparse Frontier's findings.
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.
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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
14
AI dev tools and models, after real use
7 jul
careers
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
8 jul
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.