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Mistral OCR 4 Tutorial: Build a Document Pipeline in Python
Extract text, tables, and structured JSON from PDFs using Mistral OCR 4 in Python. Bounding boxes, confidence scores, and a complete invoice pipeline.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
Claude Code Dynamic Workflows: Build 4 Production Scripts From Scratch
Learn to build 4 real Claude Code workflow scripts for code audit, migration, security review, and research. Includes actual output and cost breakdowns.
AI Layoffs 2026: 185K Jobs Cut, but Gartner Says It's Not Working
185K tech workers cut in 2026, 1,115 per day. Gartner surveyed 350 execs and found zero ROI correlation. Deutsche Bank calls it AI redundancy washing.
GLM-5.2 Review: 753B Open-Weight Model That Undercuts GPT-5.5
LiteLLM Vulnerability: 6 CVEs, a Supply Chain Attack, and the Fixes
Rust vs Go in 2026: Benchmarks, Salary, and When Each Wins
Go 1.26 Tutorial: Green Tea GC, SIMD, and 8 Features Worth Knowing
Go 1.26 ships Green Tea GC by default (10-40% less overhead), experimental SIMD, runtime/secret, and a rewritten go fix. Hands-on code for each feature.
Claude Code Pro vs Max: Real Costs After the June 15 Billing Change
Claude Code Pro gives $20/mo in credits, Max 5x gives $100, Max 20x $200. After June 15, headless usage bills at API rates. What each plan actually costs.
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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.