The Engineering Notebook — page 32 of 35
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 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 Rumored $599 MacBook Neo: Apple's Real Target Isn't Developers. It's Everyone Else.
Apple is reportedly building a sub-$700 MacBook to crush Chromebooks in education. If they pull it off, the collateral damage extends far beyond Google.
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.
Breaking Tech News Apple's Rumored Budget MacBook: Spiritual Successor to the iBook or a Crippled Air?
Apple reportedly wants a cheap MacBook to crush Chromebooks in education. But can a company allergic to 'budget' actually build one worth buying?
Developer Tools The M5 MacBook Air Is the Default Developer Machine. Stop Overthinking It.
Apple's M5 MacBook Air has a 10-core CPU, 16GB base RAM, and 512GB storage at the same price point. For most developers, the Pro no longer makes sense.