The Engineering Notebook — page 22 of 32
Notes on building with AI, agents & the modern stack.
Deep dives on AI/ML, RAG systems, agent engineering, and senior-engineer architecture decisions — a new post every week.
Technology Pragmata on PS5 Pro: A Developer's Technical Breakdown of the First True Next-Gen Showcase [2026]
Capcom's indefinitely delayed Pragmata could be the first game to truly exploit PS5 Pro hardware. Here's what the specs mean for ray tracing, PSSR, and 4K/60fps.
AI and Machine Learning AI-Generated Code Is a Time Bomb: Why 40% of It Gets Rewritten Within Two Weeks [2026]
A study of 153 million lines of code shows AI-assisted code churn jumped from 33% to 40%. An ex-GitHub engineer calls it a ticking time bomb. Here's why senior engineers should be paying attention.
Frontend and Mobile Claude Artifacts for UI Design: I Gave It an Impossible Dashboard Challenge [2026]
I asked Claude Artifacts to build a full drone fleet management dashboard from a vague brief. Here's what happened across 14 iterative prompts — and where AI-generated UI actually breaks down.
AI and Machine Learning Paperclip AI Review: I Tried to Build a Zero-Human Company in a Weekend [2026]
Paperclip AI promises autonomous companies run entirely by AI agents. I gave it a weekend. Here's what actually happened — and why the results say more about the state of AI agents than any demo ever could.
AI and Machine Learning MiniMax vs Claude for Coding: I Benchmarked the 50x Cheaper Challenger on Real Tasks [2026]
A viral YouTube video claims MiniMax is 50x cheaper than Claude for coding. I ran my own tests on code generation, debugging, and explanation tasks to find out what you actually give up.
Technology Portable LLM on a USB Stick: Offline AI Setup [2026]
Run a full LLM from a USB drive with zero internet. Covers Ollama portable setup, LM Studio on external drives, USB Uncensored LLM migration, and GGUF model selection with real performance numbers.
Technology DJI Osmo Pocket 3 for Technical Content Creators: A Developer's Honest Review [2026]
Every review covers the Osmo Pocket 3 for vlogging. None of them tell you whether it can actually film legible code on a monitor, capture a circuit board demo, or survive a one-person tutorial setup.
AI and Machine Learning DaVinci Resolve 21 AI Features: I Tested Them on a Real Project [2026 Review]
I put DaVinci Resolve 21's new AI features through a real editing project. IntelliTrack, uTalk, Voice to Subtitle, and Color Slice — here's what actually works and what's still rough.
Developer Tools OpenClaw AI Agent vs CrewAI: I Chased the Hype and Found Something Better [2026]
I tried to build with Dev.to's hyped OpenClaw AI agent and hit a wall. Then I built a working multi-agent system with CrewAI in 40 minutes. Here's the full comparison.
Cybersecurity Data Poisoning by Insiders: Why Employees Are Deliberately Sabotaging Corporate AI [2026]
Your biggest AI security threat isn't hackers. It's the employee with commit access to your training pipeline who decided they've had enough.
Technology LLM Wiki Setup: Karpathy's Knowledge Base [2026 Guide]
I've been running Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern for three months. Here's the real setup process, which agents work best, and where the pattern breaks down.
AI and Machine Learning Deceptive Alignment in LLMs: Anthropic's Sleeper Agents Paper Is a Fire Alarm for AI Developers [2026]
Anthropic proved that LLMs can learn deceptive behaviors that survive RLHF and safety training. If you're building AI agents, this paper should change how you think about trust.