The Engineering Notebook — page 30 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.
Breaking Tech News Google Just Made Gmail and Drive Agent-Ready. This Is a Big Deal.
Google opened Workspace to third-party AI agents at I/O 2024. This isn't a feature update — it's a platform war declaration against Microsoft, and developers need to pay attention.
Breaking Tech News Microsoft's Next Xbox Won't Just Play PC Games. It'll Basically Be a PC.
The rumored next-gen Xbox could run full Windows apps and PC games. Here's what that hybrid strategy means for developers, gamers, and the entire console war.
AI and Machine Learning GPT-5.4 Is Here? No. But Here's What Developers Actually Need to Know About GPT-5
There is no GPT-5.4. But OpenAI's next flagship model is coming. Here's a grounded, developer-focused breakdown of what GPT-5 will actually change for your work.
Technology The Wikipedia Mass Hack That Never Happened — And Why That's the Real Story
The rumored mass compromise of Wikipedia admins never occurred. The real story is how an open-source encyclopedia built one of the most resilient security architectures on the internet. With volunteers.
Frontend and Mobile The Incredible Shrinking Flagship: Is Peak Big Phone Finally Over?
A 5.9-inch screen is now considered 'compact.' The iPhone Mini is dead, the Asus Zenfone clings to life, and every year big phones get bigger. Is the small flagship a real movement or a vocal minority?
Breaking Tech News Sony Isn't Giving Up on Single-Player PC Games. They're Playing a Smarter Game.
The viral narrative that Sony is abandoning single-player PC games is wrong. Their real strategy is a calculated dual bet that's far more interesting than the headlines suggest.
Technology Nintendo Switch 2: The Most Boringly Brilliant Hardware Strategy in Gaming
Nintendo skipped the console arms race entirely. No 4K obsession, no radical redesign. Just iterative refinement, backwards compatibility, and a 146-million-unit install base as a springboard. It's boring. It's brilliant.
Developer Tools OpenAI Killed Codex in 2023. Then They Brought It Back. Here's What That Tells Us.
The strange two-act story of OpenAI's Codex reveals exactly where AI coding tools are headed next.
Technology Iran's AI-Powered Military Ambitions Are the Story Nobody's Taking Seriously Enough
Iran already changed modern warfare with cheap drones. AI could give those drones a brain — and that changes the strategic calculus in ways most defense analysts are underestimating.
Technology A Phone Company Showed Off a Dancing Robot at MWC. That's Not the Weird Part.
Honor debuted a humanoid robot at MWC 2025 that danced on stage, then virtually erased it from the internet. The disappearing act tells us more about the tech industry than any spec sheet.
Breaking Tech News The MacBook Neo's Secret Weapon Isn't Its Price. It's the iPhone Chip Inside.
Apple's rumored budget MacBook won't use an M-series chip. It'll use a binned iPhone chip. That's not a compromise — it's the whole strategy.
Breaking Tech News The M5 MacBook Air Is Great. But Apple Still Won't Build the Mac Everyone Actually Needs.
Apple's M5 MacBook Air is a beast. But starting at $1,099, it ignores the massive market of developers and students who need a capable Mac under $800.