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20 articles · 8 practice areas
AI, Architecture & DevOps Consulting
Technology consulting: when to bring in an advisor and what to ask for
When an outside AI, architecture or DevOps advisor actually helps, how to frame the question, and what a good deliverable looks like.
4 min readADVISORY · AI STRATEGYAn AI strategy for your organization: where to start and how to build a roadmap
A practical way to start with AI in an organization: map processes and data, pick a first use case, assess readiness and plan the first 90 days.
5 min readADVISORY · BUILD VS BUYBuild or buy? AI and infrastructure decisions without guesswork
Practical criteria for building or buying AI and infrastructure: differentiation, data sensitivity, total cost, vendor dependence and team capacity.
5 min readEnd-to-End Product Development
AI & Business Automation
RAG, automation or an agent? Start with the work.
A way to choose an AI solution based on the kind of need: information, action, permissions and the cost of a mistake, before choosing a technology.
4 min readAI · AGENT SECURITYAI agents in the enterprise: permissions, human approval and action boundaries
How to design an enterprise AI agent with constrained tools, protection against prompt injection, approval for sensitive actions and auditable logging.
3 min readAI · RAG EVALUATIONHow do you evaluate a RAG system before rolling it out across the organization?
A guide to RAG evaluation: real questions, retrieval quality, answer grounding, permissions, missing information and regression testing after every change.
3 min readAI · RAG · KNOWLEDGE GRAPHSGraphRAG: when a knowledge graph improves RAG, and when it only makes it more expensive
What GraphRAG solves that standard RAG struggles with, what it costs and how to test whether it fits - based on Microsoft's research and docs.
6 min readAI · KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTAn organizational second brain: turning scattered knowledge into knowledge you can ask
Turning the personal "second brain" into an organizational knowledge system: what to capture, how to organize it and how to add AI safely.
6 min readArchitecture & System Reviews
The demo works. What has to happen before production?
Seven questions to settle between a proof of concept and a system that serves real people: quality, permissions, deployment, operations and ownership.
5 min readARCHITECTURE · SYSTEM REVIEWArchitecture review for an existing system: what gets examined and what you get
How to run a focused architecture review: user flow, component boundaries, data, permissions, operations and an improvement plan prioritized by risk.
3 min readARCHITECTURE · DESIGNModular monolith or microservices: how do you choose an architecture?
A practical comparison of a modular monolith and microservices in terms of business boundaries, team, deployment, data and operational cost.
3 min readDevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
CI/CD for a small product: how do you build a reliable release process?
Designing focused CI/CD: tests, security scans, a single artifact build, version tags, smoke tests and rolling back a bad release.
3 min readDEVSECOPS · CONTAINERSDistroless containers: what do they reduce, and what still needs securing?
A guide to Distroless: separating build from runtime, a nonroot user, dependency scanning, a pinned image and planning diagnostics without a shell.
3 min readDEVOPS · OBSERVABILITYObservability for a new system: what to measure, and what actually helps during incidents?
How to get started with monitoring and observability using user flows, metrics, logs and traces, without piling up data that never leads to action.
3 min readHands-On Workshops & Labs
AI in Engineering & QA
Before another AI agent: is your project clear enough?
A practical guide to a development environment that can be understood, run and tested, including when the work is done with AI tools.
4 min readAI ENGINEERING · CODE REVIEWCode review for AI-generated code: what should you check before merging?
A checklist for AI-assisted code: contracts, permissions, meaningful tests, dependencies, failure cases and the ability to explain the change.
3 min readOne-on-One Professional Mentoring
A developer portfolio: how do you present a project that demonstrates engineering ability?
A guide to building a development and DevOps portfolio: choosing a project, the README, a demo, decisions, tests and documenting your personal ownership.
3 min readCAREER · TECHNICAL INTERVIEWSPreparing for a technical interview in development and DevOps: a plan that starts with the role
How to build an interview prep plan: mapping requirements, practicing code and operations, explaining decisions, mock interviews and feedback on gaps.
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