There are multiple dimensions we usually want to achieve and monitor in our codebases: Functional correctness (works as intended), architectural fitness (is fast/secure/usable enough), and maintainability. I define maintainability here…
It’s been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across…
Your cron job should schedule emails, not send them. When your application has around 8,000 users, and you need to send a weekly digest, the simplest approach is often to…
AI products often look simple from the outside. You type a question into ChatGPT and get an answer. You ask GitHub Copilot to complete a function and it writes code….
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Every IDS deployment has a gap. Anyone who has run one long enough eventually finds it, usually at the worst possible time. The gap sits between what you wrote rules…
Real backend engineers design them as contracts not as endpoints. Press enter or click to view image in full size Most developers learn APIs like this – GET means read.POST…
30th June 2026 – Link Blog What’s new in Claude Sonnet 5 (via) Claude Sonnet 5 came out this morning. I always head straight for the “what’s new” developer docs…
Scheduling note: this week, I’m in San Francisco at the AI Engineer’s World Fair, so there won’t be an edition of The Pulse on Thursday. However, tomorrow (Wednesday) there will…
Rising job openings mask a cooler labor market where workers feel less confident about finding something better. Key points: Job openings were unchanged at 7.6 million in May, from a…
