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pgvector vs Pinecone: You Probably Don't Need a Separate Vector Database
Every time someone starts building a RAG pipeline, the same question will come up: do I need a “real” vector database like Pinecone, or can I just use pgvector with the Postgres I already have? I can imagine teams agonizing over this …
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How Kong Actually Works in Kubernetes
At some point with microservices in Kubernetes, basic Ingress routing stops being enough. Kong is interesting router that I would like to try in the future. It’s an API Gateway built on top of NGINX and OpenResty. It operates at the …
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LangChain and LLM Routers, the Short Version
LangChain is important to know and understand in the age of agents. Also, LLM routing. They’re related but they’re not the same thing, and the distinction matters. So lets break it down. LangChain is the Plumbing Out of the box, an LLM is a …
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Your Brain vs. a Large Language Model
We don’t fully understand the human brain. That’s just how things are. But we know enough about its structure to make some genuinely interesting comparisons to how large language models work. So let’s walk through the major components of …
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What I Learned Building My First Chrome Extension
I built a Chrome extension to navigate Letterboxd movie lists with keyboard shortcuts. Rate, like, watch, next. Here’s what I learned. The Idea I going through the Letterboxd lists, but wanted a better way. “Top 250 Films,” curated genre …
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NotebookLM Is Just RAG With a Nice UI
I’ve been watching AI YouTubers recommend NotebookLM integrations that involve authenticating your Claude instance with some random skill they built. “Download my thing, hook it up, trust me bro.” No details on how it works under the hood. …
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AI-Assisted vs AI-Agentic Coding
There are two ways to work (c0de) with AI tools right now. I think most people know the other one exists, but they haven’t taken the time to try it. You should know how to do both. And when to do both. Assisted Mode Everybody knows this …
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Most Dev Blogs Die
#MDBD Most developers have started a blog at some point. Almost none of them are still writing. Don’t start a blog. You already know the reasons why you should. It’s good for your career, it helps you learn, it builds an audience, whatever. …
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Claude Opus 4.7 Is Here
Anthropic just announced Claude Opus 4.7 yesterday, and here is my take on the new model after reading the blog post and doing a bit of research on their rollout plans from previous models. What’s New The headline is a 13% improvement on a …