Blog Posts - Page 24
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Technical Debt: How It Arises and How to Realistically Pay It Off
Learn how technical debt accumulates in software projects and discover practical strategies for paying it down. This guide covers debt types, measurement.
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MCP servers: Versioning MCP servers like APIs, not like scripts
A field-tested take on versioning MCP servers like APIs, not like scripts with MCP servers: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How Medieval Town Charters Created Urban Commerce
Examine the medieval town charter as an economic institution — how charters granted market rights and merchant courts, why lords issued them, the Hanseatic League as charter privileges scaled across a trading network, and how charter diffusion reveals jurisdictional competition for merchant residents.
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AI as a Junior Colleague: How to Work With It Effectively
Learn how to work effectively with AI by treating it as a junior colleague. This guide covers delegation strategies, review processes, and the subtle.
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AI coding workflows: Rescue patterns when an agent has gone off the rails
A field-tested take on rescue patterns when an agent has gone off the rails with AI coding workflows: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Economics of Oil Discovery
Trace oil discovery as an economic event — from the 1859 Pennsylvania boom and Rockefeller's pipeline strategy to Texas prorationing, Middle Eastern concession economics, and the rentier state pathologies of Dutch Disease and the resource curse.
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Why Checklists Are an Underrated Tool in IT Projects
Discover why checklists remain the most underrated tool in IT project management. Learn how structured verification prevents costly mistakes, improves.
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Prompt engineering for code: Few-shot examples that teach taste, not just format
A field-tested take on few-shot examples that teach taste, not just format with Prompt engineering for code: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How Standardization Enabled Modern Industry
Trace standardization as a precondition for mass production — from Springfield Armory's interchangeable parts and Eli Whitney's musket contract to Frederick Taylor's time studies and how production knowledge became embedded in systems rather than people.
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The Biggest Productivity Myths Developers Believe
Uncover the productivity myths that hurt developers most. From the cult of busyness to the 10x developer fantasy, learn what actually makes programmers.
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Cline and Roo Code: Logging every turn so you can learn from the agent, not just use it
A field-tested take on logging every turn so you can learn from the agent, not just use it with Cline and Roo Code: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
