America's AI Regulation War: States vs. Federal Government
California, Texas, and 36 other states passed AI legislation. Now a federal executive order threatens preemption. What happens next defines AI governance in America....
The Death of Full-Stack
The full-stack developer myth is dying. Modern systems require deep specialization that generalists can't provide....
The Coming Collapse of AI Coding Assistants
AI coding assistants promised 55% productivity gains but METR found developers are 19% slower. Quality plateaued in 2025, technical debt exploded 8x, and the gap between benchmarks and production real...
Vibe Coding's Dirty Secret: Comprehension Debt
Vibe coding promises faster development, but comprehension debt is the hidden cost. When developers ship code they don't understand, maintenance nightmares follow....
Why RAG Will Replace Fine-Tuning for Enterprise AI
Fine-tuning creates models that know things. RAG creates systems that look things up. For enterprises where knowledge changes faster than training cycles, RAG wins on cost, velocity, and auditability....
The Demo-to-Production Gap: Why AI Projects Fail
42% of companies abandon AI initiatives before production. MIT research shows 95% of AI pilots fail. The demo-to-production gap is systematic and predictable....
Microservices Decision Guide: A Framework for Architecture Choices
Should you use microservices or a monolith? This canonical guide provides a decision matrix, extraction checklist, and honest evaluation criteria based on team size, scaling needs, and operational cap...
The Junior Developer Extinction Event
Entry-level software engineering positions have dropped 60% since 2022. A Harvard study found companies cut junior hiring before AI can replace those roles....
45+ Years in Technology: A Journey
From programming at age 7, to seeing the world in the Navy, to running 3,000+ AWS instances. A journey through four decades of building systems, patents, and startups....
Building Software for Government: What Nobody Tells You
Government procurement is maddening. Security requirements are exhaustive. The pace is glacial. But when your software helps rescue people at sea, you understand why it has to be this way....
Why PostgreSQL Keeps Winning
PostgreSQL dominates the 2025 StackOverflow survey with 55.6% market share. It's not hype - it's decades of reliability, extensibility, and solving real problems without creating new ones....
The AI Productivity Paradox: Why Developers Are 19% Slower
METR's randomized controlled trial found experienced developers are 19% slower with AI coding tools. The twist: they believed they were 20% faster....
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