Technology and tools
Where to Keep Your App's Keys: Secrets Managers and Scanners Paid Members Public
API keys sitting in a .env file travel through Git history, browser JavaScript and any local program. Secrets managers, automatic scanners and rotation: the practical guide.
Which AI platform should I buy, and why? Paid Members Public
Buy only the AI platform that solves a task you already do every week. What to check before paying, the 2026 tool menu with prices, and a one-afternoon test to decide.
AI infrastructure: the kitchen behind the chef Paid Members Public
The model is the chef; infrastructure is the kitchen. An unhurried tour of the five pieces that keep an AI app working every day.
Your AI tool changes plans: migration is more than a new logo Paid Members Public
Google stopped selling new Gemini Code Assist subscriptions. Not an immediate shutdown: a commercial change each organization should translate into its own calendar before choosing a replacement.
Files you need for vibe coding: give your AI context and order Paid Members Public
Tell an AI "build me an app" and nothing else, and it does what any new hire with no briefing would do: it guesses. Sometimes it guesses well. More often it guesses fast and with great confidence, which is worse. The fix is not a longer prompt.
What is vibe coding, how to do it right and who it is for Paid Members Public
"Vibe coding" sounds like a TikTok trend, but it has a date and an author. In February 2025, Andrej Karpathy (OpenAI cofounder and former head of AI at Tesla) posted on X that he had found "a new kind of coding" where you fully give in to the vibes, accept whatever the AI…
AI That Codes on Your Own Computer: Local LLMs, Explained Paid Members Public
Imagine hiring a programmer who never sleeps, never bills by the hour and - this is the important part - never takes a single file out of your office. That, more or less, is what the new generation of AI models running on your own computer promises.
Jev vs. LLM: Typed Decisions or Open-Ended Language? Paid Members Public
A business gets dozens of customer messages. Some ask for a quote, some report a problem, and others just want the opening hours. Do you need AI to write an essay about each one? Probably not.