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The end of Software Development and the rise of Product Engineering

It is finally time to admit that software development (as we know it) is a thing of the past. If you’ve used one of the major agentic platforms like Google Antigravity, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex or OpenCode, you are fully aware of their staggering speed, breadth, and generative capability.

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Ditching GitHub Copilot: My Brief Experience with JetBrains AI Assistant

I cancelled GitHub Copilot for JetBrains AI Assistant, but asked for a refund after just a few hours. Between technical bugs and unsustainable pricing, it’s not yet a viable alternative. Read why I’m switching to Gemini Code Assist instead.

DevOps and Platform Engineering

How to backup Microk8s clusters with Velero in 2026

If you’re looking for a reliable way to backup Microk8s clusters with Velero, you have found the solution to your problems. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the necessary steps to successfully backup everything, including volumes. But first a quick introduction on Microk8s and Velero. Just skip

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ChatGPT vs Gemini: Beyond the Model War

How to accurately compare ChatGPT vs Gemini? Most AI testing is flawed. We explore 3 factors sabotaging your results, from the "Lost in the Middle" bias to personalization noise. Master your AI workflow by understanding how model attention actually works.

Software Architecture and Development

When Did Frontend Development Become a Nightmare?

Remember when building the frontend was fun? From simple web pages to mind-bending meta-frameworks, the modern frontend has become an accidental monster. This is the story of how it happened and how we might tame it.

Software Architecture and Development

The Clean Architecture Trap

We adopt patterns like Clean and Hexagonal Architecture to fight complexity, but often end up creating more of it. This post dives into why this happens and how a pragmatic approach focused on value and evolution can save your codebase from the "best practice" trap.

Leadership & Strategy

The Unfiltered Truth About Creating Content on YouTube (And Why I Quit)

Creating educational content on YouTube is incredibly hard. That simple fact is the reason I had to take a long break from my YouTube channel and newsletter. But this isn't a post about my personal challenges. It's an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it

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AI, Architecture & Leadership: Adapting to Change

Have you ever thought about the world before ChatGPT and AI? The one where we didn’t have to worry about the future of IT and our jobs? 😂 I keep thinking about it and I’m amazed not only at how dramatically things have changed in two years but also

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ChatGPT vs DeepSeek vs Gemini

AI chatbots have come a long way, and for $20 a month, you now have serious choices. ChatGPT Plus? Gemini Advanced? And what about free alternatives like DeepSeek? After experimenting, I landed on Gemini—and here’s why. Why Not DeepSeek? When DeepSeek R1 launched, I decided to take the

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GitHub Copilot Workspace Reviewed

Discover GitHub Copilot Workspaces, a new AI-powered dev environment. See how it simplifies tasks like documentation, refactoring and project setup. Is it worth a Copilot Pro subscription? Is this the future of coding? Find out here!

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Cursor vs GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT

Looking for the best AI coding assistant in 2025? In this article, I compare Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT to help you choose the right subscription for your daily coding needs. By the end, I’ll reveal my top choice and share a few additional tools worth exploring!

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No, AI cannot replace developers... yet

In recent months, we’ve been bombarded with claims that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing software development. Headlines and social media posts suggest that AI allows developers to achieve in hours or days what once took weeks or months. Some Fortune 500 companies even claim they will soon replace a

DevOps and Platform Engineering

Docker Basics Tutorial

These exercises are designed to complement the Docker Basics lab you should have completed earlier, offering additional hands-on practice to reinforce your understanding of key Docker concepts. By working through these tasks, you’ll gain deeper insights into: * Running and managing containers with real-world examples like MySQL and

DevOps and Platform Engineering

VMs vs Containers: Solving Deployment Challenges

Welcome to the first lesson of the Kubernetes Essentials Course! 🚀 In this article, we’re diving into the challenges that physical servers and virtual machines (VMs) were designed to solve and why containers emerged as the next evolution in application deployment. By the end, you’ll have a clear understanding

DevOps and Platform Engineering

How a Kubernetes Service with No Selector Simplified My Workflow

Did you know Kubernetes can manage TLS certificates for applications running outside the cluster? If this is news to you, you're in for an insightful tutorial! This guide explains how I use Kubernetes to route traffic and manage certificates for external applications, solving key challenges along the way.

Software Architecture and Development

Inversion of Control (IoC) Explained | Spring and Clean Architecture

Inversion of control is one of the most important concepts in object-oriented programming that forms the base of popular architectures like the onion, hexagonal and clean architectures. In this article, I’ll answer the following questions: * What's Inversion of Control? * How is it implemented in the Spring

DevOps and Platform Engineering

How to secure a Kubernetes Nginx Ingress with Basic Auth

There are scenarios where we want to expose services outside our Kubernetes cluster that do not have proper authentication and authorization baked in. In these particular cases, it is possible to enable Basic Auth at the Ingress with few simple steps. Note that this tutorial is specific to the Nginx

DevOps and Platform Engineering

Kubernetes Architecture Explained

How does Kubernetes work? And what makes it so successful? Despite its popularity, few software engineers have a good understanding of the inner mechanisms of Kubernetes such as declarative APIs and control loops. In this post, I’ll break down the Kubernetes architecture and highlight key aspects that have made

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5 Tips for Using ChatGPT in Domain-Driven Design

I'm back! During my absence from the newsletter these past months, I've been working very hard and learning a lot along the way. In particular, I've improved the way I leverage tools like ChatGPT in complex areas like Domain-Driven Design (DDD). In this

DevOps and Platform Engineering

How to integrate cert-manager with Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare

If you're looking to automatically issue and renew certificates using cert-manager and Let's Encrypt for a domain record managed and proxied by Cloudflare using Full (strict) TLS, you're in the right place. The process is straightforward, and you'll have everything set

Software Architecture and Development

Entities vs Value Objects: Which one is better?

Deciding whether something should be an entity or a value object can be tricky even for developers experienced in domain-driven design. In this issue, I'll clarify the differences so we understand these concepts once and for all! Let's get started! Entities and Value Objects as

Software Architecture and Development

Spring Boot and GraalVM Native Images: A Match Made in Heaven?

In this article, I’ll share my experience with Spring Boot and GraalVM Native Images. We'll compare 'Just In Time' and 'Ahead Of Time' compilation, explore Spring Boot's support for both, and determine if Spring Boot and GraalVM are a match made

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Is the NEW JetBrains AI better than GitHub Copilot? | My AI Setup July 2024

On the first of July, JetBrains announced improved code completion in their AI Assistant, so I subscribed to test it out and save you some time and money. Is it going to be better than Copilot? Let’s discover it in the next few minutes! Setting up To try out

Software Architecture and Development

Eventual Consistency for Beginners

In this article, we will answer the following questions: What is eventual consistency? Is it better than strong consistency? And do we have any other option? Let’s discover it in the next few minutes! Strong Consistency Defined Strong consistency guarantees that read operations receive always the most recent data.

DevOps and Platform Engineering

Time to ditch Google Analytics

This year, while giving a facelift to this website, I ditched Google Analytics for Plausible. It was the result of an important decision I made in the process: I wanted to give free content to my audience without cluttering the articles with ads or other intrusive software that could have