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All the articles I've posted.

• Akka Cluster Sharding vs a Consistent-Hash Ring: What You Trade Away

  Published:Feb 12, 2026 |  at 10:00 AM

  When I built a small distributed cache I reached for Akka Cluster Sharding instead of writing a consistent-hash ring myself. Six months later I think it was the right call — for a learning project. Here is what each choice actually buys you, and where the marketing gloss falls apart.

• The New Rules of Shipping in the AI Era

  Published:Jan 19, 2026 |  at 12:00 AM

  AI compresses creation but not evolution. The new edge isn't shipping fast — everyone can do that now. It's learning fast. Here's the loop that matters.

• The Missing Layer: Why AI Conversations Need Structure

  Published:Jan 11, 2026 |  at 10:00 AM

  AI collapsed the cost of writing code. It didn't touch the cost of understanding it. What if we could make AI sessions as debuggable as the code they produce?