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Insights on software engineering, cloud architecture, SRE, and building reliable systems.
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The Path to Zero-Touch Operations: An Architecture, Not a ProductZero-touch operations isn't a tool you buy—it's an architectural destination requiring five interdependent layers. Most organizations attempt them in the wrong order.
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The 10% Engineer: Why AIOps Makes Site Reliability Talent More Critical, Not LessWhen AI handles 90% of operational events, the remaining 10% becomes exponentially more consequential—and so do the engineers responsible for it.
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The End of the Traditional Software Engineer: The Rise of Human-AI EngineersThe traditional software engineer role is disappearing. In its place: Human-AI Engineers who co-create with AI—directing, reviewing, and architecting alongside machine intelligence.
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From Factory Floors to AI Pipelines: What Software Can Learn from ManufacturingManufacturing's industrialization took two centuries. Software's AI transformation is happening in years. The parallels—and the lessons—are worth paying attention to.
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First Principles Thinking in Software EngineeringMost software decisions are made by analogy: "other companies do it this way." First principles thinking strips away assumptions and rebuilds from fundamental truths.