Programming Principles in the Age of AI: DRY This is the first article in a series of thought experiments where I revisit programming principles through the le...

A First‑Principles Walkthrough for Software Engineers If you’ve ever opened a social‑media app and scrolled through a feed, you’ve interacted with one of the m...

Introduction In mathematics, you can call points “beer mugs” and nothing breaks. In software, names don’t affect the compiler — but they change everything for...

Introduction In today's world of rapid framework hype — Express one week, NestJS the next, then Gin, FastAPI, or Spring Boot — many developers build APIs witho...

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Git Commands Basics git init Creates a new Git repository in the current directory. bash git init git clone Downloads an existing remote repository to your loc...

The natural bias towards adding is strong and pervasive Software engineers who have never been exposed to the cost of their “additions”—often those who have no...

If you don’t know what SRE is, don’t worry… I’ve got you. I’m Jairo Jr., Software Engineer at Mercado Livre, based in Brazil, and over the last few months I’ve...

> Early on, you write code to show how smart you are. > > Later, you write code to avoid problems. > > You stop chasing: > > - clever solutions > - trendy tools...

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Background: Machine learning algorithms are widely used to predict defect prone software components. In this literature, computational experiments are the main ...

Recently, the frontier of Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities has shifted from single-turn code generation to agentic software engineering-a paradigm where ...

The Reality of Open Source: Beyond the Hype Most engineering students wait for an internship to prove their worth. I decided to take a different route: Direct...

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The Shift in Software Engineering Software engineers, including myself, are gradually realizing that the era of writing code as we know it is ending. This does...

We often glorify adding new features, shipping fast, and “getting things done.” But sometimes, the most productive thing you can do is stop, look at your codeba...

Introducción En el mundo de los blogs técnicos y la ingeniería, a menudo nos enfrentamos a la Paradoja del Constructor: pasamos 40 horas perfeccionando un tema...

For a long time I thought Git was just something I had to survive—type a command, memorize it, and hope it worked. It felt intimidating because Git remembers ev...

Ask a group of developers why they chose a particular tech stack, and you’ll hear answers like: - “It scales better.” - “It’s faster.” - “It’s more modern.” - “...

How My Bookstore Project Taught Me That APIs Don’t Always Tell the Same Story I’ve been building an online bookstore called Hearthside Reads – nothing fancy, j...

The Illusion of Progress Vibe coding creates a powerful illusion: motion without direction. You: - Generate components - Refactor randomly - Rename variables -...

How marketing thinks - We want to send messages. - We want people to remember us. - We want them to come back. How engineering thinks - We need reliability. -...

The Common Misconception Most developers imagine API breaches as dramatic events: broken encryption, stolen secrets, brute‑force attacks. The comforting belief...

Why Code Review Guidelines Matter Code review guidelines represent a shared understanding of how reviews should be conducted within a team or organization. Wit...

Abstract Modern software‑engineering organizations increasingly struggle not because of insufficient technical skill or innovation, but because of a systemic ov...

Introduction I previously wrote about my experience as an entry‑level junior software engineer, sharing highlights and lessons from my day‑to‑day job. Since th...

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What is Integration? In software engineering, integration is the process of combining different code changes from multiple developers into a single, cohesive s...

Overview Waterfall is a linear, phase‑gated software delivery model where work flows downward through fixed stages, and each stage must be completed before the...

Welcome to Day 1 of our series on reclaiming the craft of software engineering. Today we’re talking about X‑Ray Vision. In a world of high‑level languages like...

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“Just be consistent.” — seniors, influencers, Twitter threads, motivational posts with code screenshots. On the surface it sounds harmless, even wise. For devel...

What it means to be a T‑shaped developer—and why this skill model defines successful engineers in DevOps, SRE, and modern software teams. A T‑shaped developer i...

Picture This You're halfway through building that exciting new feature everyone's been asking for. You're in the zone. The code is flowing. And then… you disco...

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Prerequisites Take a look at GopherCon 2019 to understand some interesting topics. GopherCon 2019: Elena Morozova – How Uber Goes YouTubehttps://www.youtube.co...

Introduction As developers and architects, we know that code has a shelf life. The ecosystem around it evolves while the core remains static. For CIOs and engi...

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Introduction I used to believe I had to work 8 hours straight to be productive. After five years of remote work as a software engineer, I realized that’s not h...

Como ingenieros de software, estamos acostumbrados a construir funcionalidades que simplemente funcionen. En la Seguridad de Aplicaciones AppSec el enfoque camb...