The Engineering Notebook — page 29 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 Oracle's AI Earnings Surprise: Why a Revenue Miss Sent the Stock Higher [2024 Analysis]
Oracle missed revenue expectations but investors cheered. The reason: $98 billion in future contracts, Microsoft renting OCI for OpenAI, and a Google Cloud partnership nobody saw coming.
Frontend and Mobile The Pixel Fold Leaks Are In, and Google Is Finally Getting Serious About Foldables
Google's next Pixel Fold isn't just a hardware refresh. It's a signal that the company building Android is ready to define what a foldable should actually be.
Breaking Tech News Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra Has a Screen Problem. Samsung's Response Is Making It Worse.
Early S24 Ultra adopters are reporting grainy 'mura' screen defects. Samsung's contradictory responses are turning a hardware issue into a full-blown trust crisis.
Breaking Tech News Tesla Lost Its Top Powertrain Engineer. The Robotaxi Timeline Should Worry You.
Drew Baglino's exit after 18 years at Tesla isn't just a leadership shakeup. It exposes the gap between Elon Musk's robotaxi vision and the engineering reality required to deliver it.
Technology Passkeys Were Supposed to Kill the Password. Here's Why They're Stalling.
The technology behind passkeys is solid. The ecosystem around them is a mess. Here's what's actually going wrong with the passwordless future.
Breaking Tech News Microsoft Says Xbox Exclusives Aren't Going Anywhere. The Math Says Otherwise.
Microsoft shipped four games to PS5 while insisting exclusives are staying. The contradictions in Xbox's strategy reveal a company arguing with itself about what it wants to be.
Breaking Tech News Samsung's New AI Playbook: Can Alliances Finally Topple Apple's iPhone?
Samsung is betting that external AI partnerships can outpace Apple's walled garden approach. Here's why the alliance strategy is smarter than it looks.
Technology How I'd Build an AI Agent to Predict the T20 World Cup 2026
The 2026 T20 World Cup is coming to India and Sri Lanka. Here's how a software engineer would actually architect an AI prediction agent — and why it's harder than you think.
Technology 10 AI Prompts That Create Cinematic Photos for International Women's Day 2026
Stop generating flat AI images. Here are 10 prompt formulas that produce cinematic, film-quality tributes for International Women's Day — using ChatGPT, Grok, Midjourney, or whatever tool you have.
Technology Your Robot Vacuum Is Watching You: The $30K Hack That Exposed Thousands of Smart Homes
Security researchers earned $30,000 by proving they could remotely hijack Roborock vacuums, access home maps, and spy through cameras. Your smart home is less secure than you think.
Technology No, Valve Didn't Confirm a New Steam Machine. Here's What's Actually Happening.
The 'Steam Machine 2026' rumor is built on a misunderstanding. Valve isn't reviving its failed console experiment — it's playing a much smarter game with the Steam Deck.
Technology 5 LLM APIs Tested for Latency: Real Data [2026]
I benchmarked Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 Mini, and Gemini 2.5 Flash for TTFT, throughput, and end-to-end latency — with a cost-latency decision matrix for production builders.