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Featured · Engineering · 9 min
Local-first sync, without the bookkeeping
What we learned shipping ElectricSQL into a research tool, and the four invariants that made conflict resolution boring.
Apr 14, 2026Read post
AIProductEngineeringProcessDesign
RAG evaluation that survives a deploy
Held-out sets, judge prompts, and the small habit that caught two regressions in production this quarter.
Mar 28, 2026
12 min
Designing audit trails people actually read
An audit log is a UI surface. Treat it like one and your reviewers will thank you for years.
Mar 06, 2026
7 min
Why we stopped writing custom job queues
Three projects, three home-grown queues, three quiet failures. We finally moved everything to Temporal — here is what changed.
Feb 19, 2026
11 min
The 14-week MVP, on purpose
How we structure the first three weeks of a build so the next eleven feel calm.
Feb 02, 2026
6 min
A small style guide for technical UI
Spacing, type, and the case for boring color in operational dashboards.
Jan 21, 2026
8 min
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