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jaberadam20016d ago · 9 min read

RAG Chunking: Why Chunk Size Is the Wrong Knob

You've swept chunk size from 256 to 1024 tokens. You tried 20% overlap, then 50%. You swapped in a semantic splitter. Your eval score moved a point and a half, and the answers that were wrong are most

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jaberadam2001Oct 6 · 12 min read

The 3-Line Diff That's Harder to Undo Than Your Rewrite

Two pull requests are waiting for your review. PR #1 rewrites the pricing module. 600 lines changed, same public interface, full test coverage. PR #2 adds one field to a public API response. Three lin

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Kevin KiruiOct 3 · 6 min read

A Valid Model Response Can Still Be an Unsafe One

I ran into this while building Maintenance Triage (link), a prototype that turns free-text hospital equipment reports into routing decisions. It is a working prototype and has not been deployed in a h

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Rajat RaiSep 18 · 19 min read

The Double Left Shift: The Software Engineer After AI

A few years ago, being a software engineer was, in many ways, synonymous with writing code. You had a problem. You opened your editor. You searched through documentation, tried a few things, fought wi

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jaberadam2001Aug 24 · 8 min read

AI Writes Code That Looks Right. That's Exactly the Danger.

Your AI assistant just handed you a clean, well-named, nicely-commented function. It looks production-ready. It might also be quietly, confidently wrong in a way your eye is completely untrained to ca

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Hrishikesh PoojaryApr 3 · 5 min read

We built a typing test for developers — here's exactly how it works

There is a frustration every developer knows. You have the solution in your head. The logic is clear. And then your fingers just don't keep up. You mistype a bracket, fumble an underscore, break your

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Hedge Fund TechieJan 16 · 4 min read

Smarter Faster Better Series Chapter 5: On Failure

Introduction: Failure Is Not the Problem Every complex system fails. Software systems fail.Processes fail.Plans fail. Charles Duhigg is explicit about this in Smarter, Faster, Better: failure itself is inevitable. What differentiates high-performing ...

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Aaditya ShreeramSep 4, 2025 · 4 min read

Day 4: Cluster vs Worker Threads in Node.js - How to Scale & Parallelize Your Apps

Hello Folks! 👋 Ever wondered how Node.js, being single-threaded, manages to handle thousands of concurrent requests without breaking a sweat? The secret lies in its event-driven, non-blocking I/O model. But what happens when your application needs t...

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Heithem MoumniApr 14, 2025 · 4 min read

Embracing the Architecture-First Approach: A Blueprint for Scalable Software Development

In a rapidly evolving tech landscape, designing robust, scalable, and maintainable software is more critical than ever. The architecture-first approach has emerged as a cornerstone methodology, ensuring systems are built with a solid foundation that ...

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Mido SayedDec 12, 2024 · 5 min read

Introducing Project Management Methodologies to Aspiring Software Developers

Empowering Software Developers with Project Management Skills Project management is the backbone of any successful endeavor. In the world of software development, it plays an even more critical role due to the ever-evolving nature of technology and u...

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