Feb 25, 2026 • 4 min read
The Hidden Risk of Treating AI Prompts as Configuration
Prompt edits in production AI systems act like policy changes and require versioning, rollout controls, and safety testing.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 4 min read
Shift Left Was Meant to Help. Here's Why It's Burning Out Senior Engineers.
Shift-left programs can overload senior engineers when ownership, queue design, and exception handling are not explicitly rebalanced.
Feb 23, 2026 • 4 min read
Platform Engineering Is Repeating the Same Mistake We Made With Microservices
Over-abstraction in internal platforms recreates microservices-era fragmentation, slowing teams and eroding trust.
Feb 22, 2026 • 10 min read
LLMs Didn't Kill Debugging - They Just Moved It Upstream
LLM-assisted coding shifts failures from runtime crashes to design-time assumptions, demanding stronger invariant-driven reviews.
Feb 21, 2026 • 12 min read
From Ingress NGINX to Gateway API: Migrate the Edge Before It Becomes a Liability
Why ingress-nginx retirement changes edge risk, and a practical migration pattern to Gateway API.
Feb 19, 2026 • 4 min read
The NGINX Ingress Cliff Is Here, and Maintenance Mode Is Not a Plan
Ingress NGINX reaches end-of-life in March 2026. Here is a practical migration view from teams that have to live with the blast radius.