Month: December 2025

The pitch was undeniably seductive: a digital Rosetta Stone that would allow AI models to seamlessly discover and interact with any external service. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) arrived on a wave of hype, promising to be the “USB-C for AI.” Demos showcased models effortlessly calling APIs and orchestrating file systems on the fly. But … Read more

In the age of AI, we’ve been trained to chase accuracy. But what if the real measure of intelligence isn’t just getting it “right”—it’s knowing how to respond when you can’t? As users interact with increasingly autonomous agents, they’re not just looking for correct answers. They’re looking for clarity, trust, and thoughtful reasoning—especially when answers … Read more

Modernizing a legacy system is rarely blocked by technology. Frameworks can be upgraded, databases refactored, and infrastructure moved to the cloud. The real difficulty shows up later—when multiple applications begin relying on the same APIs and subtle assumptions start to fracture. During several legacy system modernization projects, I learned that API contracts—not code quality—determine whether … Read more

For over a decade, software waited for human instructions. Users clicked some buttons, approved workflows, triggered actions. Even advanced automation followed a set of predefined rules. Agentic AI breaks that contract. Unlike traditional AI that responds to prompts, agentic AI decides what to do next. It plans, acts, observes outcomes, and adjusts behavior across multiple … Read more

It has now been a few months since I passed the AWS Solutions Architect Exam. When I entered into the exam, I had a lot of confidence. I had completed all of the Coursera labs, deployed the sample applications to the practice console, and identified which AWS Services were best suited for specific use cases. … Read more

In my sim racing journey, I’m always looking for the next piece of technology that pushes immersion further, blurring the line between the real and virtual worlds. Ask any serious sim racer who’s gone all-out on a qualifying lap, and they’ll tell you it doesn’t feel like a game. Your hands sweat, your breathing quickens, … Read more

Databasus has reached a significant milestone in 2025: it became the most starred PostgreSQL backup tool on GitHub, surpassing established solutions like WAL-G, pgBackRest and Barman. This achievement reflects Databasus becoming the industry standard for PostgreSQL backups, marking a shift in how developers and teams approach database protection — moving away from complex CLI tools … Read more

As startups, founders, and builders, we tell ourselves that we are pursuing growth, progress, and a future that. However, our brains don’t align with that narrative. Our brains are not designed for transformation, but rather as predictive machines designed for control, endlessly repeating patterns they already know. Herein lies the trap. The moment we recognize … Read more

There is a moment every product leader faces in their AI journey. It usually begins with someone up top saying, “We need to do something with AI.” Now, if your reflex is to jump straight into brainstorming features, stop right there. This is where seasoned product thinking either levels up or gets derailed. Because in … Read more

I sought to play the god. My desire was simple: to speak a word and have the world appear. No painting, no labor, merely the command. I called it the “Genesis Engine.” For my sight has gone from me and I dwelt upon the uses of technology to overcome it. While paint is fine and … Read more

Legally blind and discouraged by traditional art teachers, I turned to abstract painting during a mental health crisis. Now, I use generative AI to digitally remaster my physical paintings, blending human emotion with machine precision. I am Damian Griggs. I am an artist with limited vision (20/400 with no peripheral view lost after a stroke … Read more

The hardest part of software engineering isn’t writing code. It’s realizing – three months into production – that your beautiful, clean architecture collapses under real-world race conditions. Traditional design reviews are imperfect. Your colleagues are polite. They have their own deadlines. They might nod along to your “eventually consistent” proposal without calculating the exact latency … Read more

Right now, 90% of developers are using AI wrong. We treat Large Language Models (LLMs) like a super-powered version of tab-autocomplete. We pause, we wait for the grey ghost text to appear, we hit Tab, and we move on. It’s useful, sure. It saves keystrokes. But it’s fundamentally a passive interaction. The human is the … Read more

The Unseen War: Currency Conflicts and Their Human Cost When we think of war, we imagine soldiers, weapons, and physical destruction. But there’s another type of war that affects millions of people worldwide: currency and economic wars. These conflicts aren’t covered by any international conventions, yet they cause as much human suffering as traditional warfare. … Read more

In the modern data stack, “Where did this data come from?” is the single most expensive question you can ask. If you are a Data Engineer, you have lived this nightmare: A dashboard breaks. The CEO is asking why the revenue numbers are wrong. You spend the next 4 hours tracing a CSV export back … Read more