Experience developing with Kiro
Just about a week ago, I finally got my invite to use Kiro. It was one of the long awaited tool that I love to try given the hype around it. Why? I just like the concept of how they separate out the “spec” to […]
Reviewing the world largest remote hackathon
Recently, one of the world largest remote hackathon just ended. If you have not heard about it, is literally called World’s Largest Hackathon presented by Bolt. A total of 128768 participants and 9582 projects submitted. This is in fact one of the highest I ever […]
Blueprint for Building Self-Correcting AI Workflows
Looking back at the whirlwind that 2024 has been, especially in the world of AI, I’ve found myself reflecting a lot on the nature of our creations. It’s one thing to build a cool AI model; it’s an entirely different beast to keep it humming […]
Generate an agentic structured output
One of the biggest pain of traditional web-developer like us still heavily rely on structured output such as JSON format to integrate with our existing system. Regardless of SQL or NoSQL, you still need some form of controllable output in order to make sure your […]
Framework to measure team operation
PS: This content is generated with the help of AI to document my thought process and future reference. Measuring the performance of a software development team is a nuanced task that requires balancing quantitative metrics with qualitative insights. It’s not just about speed—it’s about code […]
Framework to measure success as a Leader
PS: This content is generated with the help of AI to document my thought process and future reference. Measuring success as a leader, especially in engineering, requires a mix of quantitative outcomes and qualitative signals across people, product, and process. You’re successful not just when […]
Framework to measure individual performance
PS: This content is generated with the help of AI to document my thought process and future reference. As an engineering manager, evaluating individuals for adjustment (performance improvement) or promotion requires a structured, fair, and data-informed approach. Top-performing managers generally focus on three pillars: performance, […]
Memory bank for AI coding
Recently I have been coaching my team to use AI for development. There are many tools that we can used for free to get so much value (such as Cline w/ gemini or openrouter, co-pilot, etc). Thus, we should not be shying away from this […]
Bypassing Cloudflare wall for my little scrapper
Background Just as I fixed one problem and got something to work, another piece of my system is breaking. This time, my webscrapper is being challenged by Cloudflare bot checking. Right from the get go, during the initial development I want to host the script […]
Real challege of vibe code as a developer
How it started I used to have my own handy Bursa Whale tool for me to have a high-level glance of all the insider and institution purchases and selling in the Bursa market. I have a script that will read the announcement from the Bursa […]