Agile In Name, Waterfall In Practice
Why many teams still do phase-gated delivery under an Agile label, and what real adaptive planning looks like when speed and waste matter.
Blog posts tagged
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Page 1
Never Roll Back, Always Fix Forward
Why fix-forward is usually safer than rolling back when deployments touch databases, background jobs, and other non-idempotent state.
Using Agent Skills with AI Agentic Coding: A Practical Workflow
A practical guide to structuring skills so AI coding agents produce faster, safer, and more reproducible software delivery.
How I Started Coding by Voice Prompts (and Why I Still Press Enter Manually)
How remote work made voice-first coding practical for me, where it breaks down in open offices, and why I still review every transcribed prompt before sending it.
My AI Coding Tools Timeline (2021/09 - 2026/02)
A practical look at which AI tools I adopted from late 2021 to early 2026 and what changed my day-to-day coding.
WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and HTTP Long Polling
A practical guide to real-time data delivery in web apps, comparing WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and HTTP long polling, and when to use each.
Practical Code Reviews Over Fanatical Code Reviews
Why pragmatic, non-blocking code reviews lead to better software, happier teams, and faster delivery than fanatical perfectionism.
What Makes a Good Code Review?
How to provide constructive, clear, and respectful code review feedback that improves code and fosters team collaboration.