reviews
Django-Bolt Review: Rust-Powered Django, FastAPI Speed
Django-Bolt puts Actix and Rust under Django to hit 188K RPS. I dug through the source and benchmarks — where it beats FastAPI, and where the speed evaporates.
Notes on shipping
software in 2026.
Python 3.15: Lazy Imports, frozendict, and Faster Startup
Python 3.15 lands lazy imports, a frozendict builtin, unpacking in comprehensions, and the Tachyon sampling profiler. Here's what changed and what to test.
FastAPI vs Litestar vs Django Ninja: 2026 Verdict
FastAPI vs Litestar vs Django Ninja in 2026: real code, serialization speed, dependency injection, and a clear pick for every kind of Python API project.
Is a Computer Science Degree Worth It in 2026?
Claude Sonnet 5 Review: A Week With Anthropic's New Default
DuckDB vs Polars in 2026: Which One for Your Data Pipeline?
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
A complete guide to modern Python tooling in 2026: uv, Poetry, and pip; mypy, Pyright, ty, and Pyrefly; plus free-threading, t-strings, and Polars vs Pandas.
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papers, but readable — algorithms, AI, systems
30 jun
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python, go, things I actually built and shipped
10 jul
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x vs y vs z — benchmarks, pricing, real DX
9 jul
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AI dev tools and models, after real use
11 jul
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tech hiring data, EU/Cyprus angle, salary reports
8 jul
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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.