Field notes
Practical notes on AI products, CTO decisions, and the platforms that keep them reliable.
Google’s June 2025 release of Gemini CLI marks a pivotal moment in the AI coding tools landscape, introducing an open-source command-line interface that directly…
Everyone seems to have an opinion about AI tools like Claude Code, Copilot Chat, and Gemini CLI. And a lot of that opinion boils…
“You are not your pipeline. Merge without attachment.” In the world of DevOps, we’ve spent decades chasing better abstractions — from bare metal to…
You’ve heard of VibeCoding — that magical state when you’re in flow, building cool things fast, and everything just clicks. The music’s right, the…
By Alan (DevOps Engineer & Automation Enthusiast) If you’re deep into vibe coding — letting tools like Claude, GPT-4, or Jules take the wheel…
How You Should Be Hiring in the Age of AI “AI won’t take your job. But someone using AI might.” We’re entering a new…
The Paradigm Shift in devops: How Tools Like Agent Mode in Copilot Chat Are Redefining the Game For years, DevOps has been a craft…
Agentic Coding Meets devops Why autonomous software agents are quietly rewriting the playbook for shipping, running and securing modern systems. 1. From code-completion to…
By Alan Son, DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer In the world of cloud-native SaaS, real-time communications, and secure infrastructure, it’s tempting to think that “greenfield”…
In the early chapters of a startup’s story, infrastructure is rarely the hero. Speed to market, product-market fit, and rapid iteration drive most decisions.…
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