Tech
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Developer vs. Engineer in Software and AI: What’s the Difference?
The terms “developer” and “engineer” are often used interchangeably in tech, but there are meaningful differences in how they approach problems, especially in software and AI. At a high level: Doesn`t matter the title. We are still the part of the same team. In AI, this distinction becomes even more interesting, because AI systems are inherently probabilistic and data-driven, unlike traditional deterministic software. Developer vs. Engineer: Core Mindset Developer Mindset In AI, an AI developer might: Engineer Mindset In AI, an AI engineer might: As one analysis puts it: “Software engineers build deterministic systems with predictable outputs, while AI engineers build systems that are probabilistic and require managing uncertainty.” Key…
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What is heuristics ? Key Definitions and 10 biased examples people use without any data
What is heuristics ? Fancy word people tend to use but i found not all of them know what is it. Heuristics are simple, practical mental shortcuts that help us to make decisions, solve problems and form judgments. Often without any data or with limited information, little analysis, lack of formal reasoning. Think about a stereoptype. Steoretypes are heruistics. Stereotype -> heuristic i.ex big glasses -> good at math. They’re not guaranteed to be correct or optimal, but they’re fast and usually “good enough” for everyday use. As a species we tent to simplify so we can use as little energy as possible. Double edged sword if You ask me.…
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Markmap vs Mermaid for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)
Markmap vs Mermaid for Spec-Driven Development You will consider sooner or later. When You have to go “full on AI” documentation stops being a nice-to-have and becomes a must be part of the product. We need to convey a lot of information, with hopefully as little text as possible so we can easily read it and digest the information. Two popular options for Markdown documentation features are Markmap and Mermaid. They solve different problems, and the best choice depends on whether you want fast idea mapping or more structured diagrams for flows. When to use Markmap Markmap turns Markdown headings and bullet points into an interactive mind map. Useful for…
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Productive struggle vs AI slop
Productive struggle vs AI slop is quite the topic these days. On one hand we have to do the hard, boring, frustrating work. Do it long enough to learn the whole lot, reshape skills, gain confidence. Opposition of escaping to quick fixes with or without AI. When used in conjuction with AI, we should still keep the struggle but without the pointless friction. That way more energy and cognitive power goes into craft and progress, long-term growth… instead of refactoring some legacy code and working over things that should not be that hard in the first place. What is productive struggle? Productive struggle is the time and space where a…
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Statics VS AI code analysis ~13 tools
Statics VS AI code analysis works best using the pros from both words. Go hybrid ! Static tools understand the syntext, hardcoded parameters and are very strict. On the other hand AI understands context, can figure out business logic, adapt the codebase. Logic flaws or performance bottlenecks rule-based scanners might miss, AI will put more effort into that. Static analysis limits Static tools scan for syntax errors, style violations, and basic security patterns using fixed rules. Always consistenst, very fast but might generate false positives, ignore business logic, and require manual rule overrides. How often did You use @typescript-error 🙂 Do You code for the linter to pass, logic to…
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Code mode for mcp servers and llms
Code mode for mcp servers is about LLM writing and calling the code to use a proper MCP instead of calling it directly with the whole context. It makes the call a lot smaller, no overhead is passed, just the basics that are required to call the proper MCP method. Just as You do in code, method or a function, proper parameters, everything validated and… BAM ! We are returning a context that LLM uses in further stages. Anthropics wrote… This is really nice looking but only for a huge models with a 1kk tokens of a context. We need to remember that this is not possible on any kind…
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Data contracts. Building universal data access proxy api
Data contracts usually requires us to build around them a universal data access proxy API for users to consume. API utilizing proper data contracts, negotiated with different teams, acts as a unified gateway providing the necesities. Allows access to data sources like databases, REST APIs, GraphQL endpoints or other file systems. One api to rule them all Steps to build data contracts for proxy api You could try and adopt a similar flow for creating such access points, even make a template in JIRa so You will know where to get proper data and how to acquire it… or maybe expose the library and just aprove properly looking merge requests……
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Law of Demeter in programming
Law of Demeter in programming You could in short paraphrase as “Don’t talk to strangers!” or “Keep Your hands in your pockets”. A class needing data from a deep chain of objects like – user.getAddress().getStreet().getNumber().It is visible very often in OOP, less in functional approachess ! The Law of Demeter states that method only knows its closest dependencies: itself, passed parameters, created objects, and own fields. Should not be used with dot chains ( they were so fancy when we started Java 8 back in the day). What to Remember? Where Law of Demeter comes from ? Why Demeter ? The Law of Demeter in progamming takes its name from…
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Burner email
Burner email is number one technique to keep You sane of Your private data… beeing private. This is not about just loosing Your account, it is about loosing, breaching, leaking Your accoun, Your email, profile data You provied and password to the general public. Naughty hackers included. Burner mail address is a smart privacy and security strategy (checkout OWASP ) . It is a temporary, disposable address, and and account You make based on that email, that keeps your true, real life data separated from anything else. Crucially, you should use something You can always loose.. better yet.. Your worst enemy can get their hands on… Burner email services Name…
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How to check if Your email and password was leaked
Why You need a strong passwords and check if it was breached How to check if Your email and password was leaked ? Just check the security blogs or institutions like https://databreach.com/. Google the title of this blog post. Fix your breached credentials or You will be sorry ! Passwords are Your first line of defense. Multiple factor authentication (MFA) like sms, email verification or authentication application should also be something You do! How to make a good password ? Many different ways to make it happend. I would recommend to consider : This is a simple algorith You can use to remember all of those passwords and every one…
