AI Development
AI Can Write the Code. You Still Need Someone Who Knows What to Build.
AI coding tools are fast. But speed makes experienced developers more important, not less — when you can produce the wrong code 10 times fas…
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AI Development
The Fastest ROI in AI Development Isn't Customer-Facing
The highest-return AI development work often isn't a product feature or a customer-facing tool — it's the internal jobs your team dreads, au…
Infrastructure & Security
SSL Certificates Are Now Valid for 200 Days. Soon It'll Be 47.
The CA/Browser Forum has voted to progressively shorten SSL certificate validity to 200 days, then 100, then 47. If you're still renewing ce…
Software Development
The Hidden Cost of Unused Indexes in PostgreSQL
Unused indexes don't just sit harmlessly in your database — they slow down every write, bloat your storage, and make autovacuum work harder.…
DevOps & AWS
AWS SES Email Validation: API Lookup vs Auto Validation
AWS SES now offers built-in email validation — but the API lookup costs $0.01 per address while auto validation costs $0.01 per thousand. Un…
Software Development
Implementing a Solid Content Security Policy in Rails 8
A Content Security Policy is one of the most effective defences against XSS. Rails 8 has first-class CSP support built in — here's how to co…
Software Development
Ruby 4.0.0 Is Here: What's Changed and What It Means
Ruby 4.0.0 landed on Christmas Day 2025. A new JIT compiler, a major Ractor overhaul, Set as a core class, and the experimental Ruby Box iso…
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