May 6 · 8 min read · Previously when talking about AI coding, most of the discussion was about what it can do and how beautifully it does it. Today I'll flip the coin and record two things I recently couldn't solve: one barely made it to the finish line, the other was sh...
Join discussionApr 20 · 14 min read · The agent graveyard. I tried more than a dozen. A handful survived. Here is the autopsy. Everyone is talking about agents like they are easy. Build an agent. Deploy an agent. Buy an agent. Scroll any feed for ten minutes and you will see five posts s...
Join discussionMar 5 · 12 min read · I have a folder on my hard drive called archive-graveyard. Inside it: 4 products I spent months building. Products I was convinced would work. Products I told people about. Products that got early users, positive feedback, even a few paying customers...
Join discussionFeb 16 · 6 min read · In this chapter we learn how to recover from failure automatically. Business Scenario Assumption: Country analytics calls a remote pricing service. That service sometimes fails. We want to retry a few times before giving up. This is exactly what...
Join discussionDec 24, 2025 · 5 min read · I used to think the ISC2 CC was just a “lightweight” theory-based certification. Three days of revision should have been enough. While struggling with some CTF challenges, I started to feel a bit burned out. I scrolled through LinkedIn and saw peopl...
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Dec 21, 2025 · 3 min read · Pernahkah Anda merasa bahwa kegagalan adalah akhir dari segalanya? Saat bisnis gulung tikar, presentasi berantakan, atau karya yang Anda posting di media sosial sepi peminat, rasanya seperti ada lampu sorot raksasa berkekuatan ribuan watt yang menyor...
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Nov 4, 2025 · 2 min read · A recap of my summer vibe coding attempts—and what actually went wrong Over the summer, I gave vibe coding my best shot. Three projects, countless hours, and not a single “finished” product—but plenty of insights about what works, what doesn’t, and w...
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