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Notes on engineering, architecture, and the systems I've shipped.

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[2026/06]

June 2026

1 post

▮ Jun 3AI~6m

Hermes Agent: What an Open-Source AI Agent Can (and Can't) Do

A practical breakdown of Hermes Agent — the open-source AI coding assistant from Nous Research. What it handles well, where it falls short, and how to get real work done with it.

#AI#Open Source#Agents#Hermes Agent#Nous Research

[2026/05]

May 2026

1 post

▮ May 18Engineering~3m

Building Scalable APIs with Go: What I Learned from Production

Lessons from building and maintaining Go APIs in production — middleware patterns, error handling strategies, and why simplicity still wins over abstractions.

#Go#API#Architecture#Backend

[2026/04]

April 2026

1 post

▮ Apr 22Architecture~3m

Why Real Estate Tech Needs Better Data Pipelines

Real estate is one of the most data-fragmented industries. Here's how modern pipelines solve deal flow, valuation accuracy, and market intelligence gaps.

#Data#AWS#Real Estate#ETL#Pipeline

[2026/03]

March 2026

1 post

▮ Mar 10Engineering~3m

The Case for Clean Architecture in Early-Stage Startups

Clean architecture sounds like overkill for a startup. But the right abstractions early on prevent the 'rewrite-everything' crisis that kills momentum at 10x headcount.

#Architecture#TypeScript#Startups#Best Practices

[2026/02]

February 2026

1 post

▮ Feb 28DevOps~3m

Setting Up a VPS from Scratch: The Missing Guide

A complete walkthrough of hardening, configuring, and deploying to a bare Ubuntu VPS — from SSH keys to systemd services to nginx reverse proxy. No Docker, no shortcuts.

#DevOps#Linux#Server#Nginx#Security