When you've been blogging since 2004 (yes, really), you accumulate a lot of digital detritus. I recently imported my old posts from 2004-2009 ( https://www.mostlylucid.net/blog/category/Imported) and...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 10:35
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19 minute read
Why treating your branch as a sandbox—and play as legitimate work—produces better software with less stress.
Hot take: Most developers are trying to be perfect at every stage of development, and it's...
Sunday, 23 November 2025 10:00
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20 minute read
📖 Part of the RAG Series: This is Part 5 - production integration patterns:
Part 1: RAG Origins and Fundamentals - What embeddings are, why they matter
Part 2: RAG Architecture and Internals -...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 12:00
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9 minute read
In Part 1 of this RAG series, we covered the fundamentals of Retrieval-Augmented Generation—what it is, how it works, and the underlying technology (embeddings, vector databases, LLM internals). Now...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 10:00
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20 minute read
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we covered RAG's origins, fundamentals, and technical architecture. You understand what RAG is, why it matters, and how it works under the hood. Now it's time to...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 10:00
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21 minute read
In Part 1, we covered RAG's origins, fundamentals, and why it matters. You understand the high-level concept: retrieve relevant information, then use it to generate responses. Now we dive deep into...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 09:30
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25 minute read
Ever searched for "deployment guide" and got nothing, even though there's an article about "publishing to production"? RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) solves this by understanding meaning, not...
Saturday, 22 November 2025 09:00
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16 minute read
Daily standups aren’t inherently bad - but when they become ritual instead of alignment, they waste time and damage trust. This article explores why ceremony is tax, how to measure its value, and...
Friday, 21 November 2025 09:30
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29 minute read
In which we discover that your friendly AI assistant might have ulterior motives (and what to do about it)
Note: This is Part 3 in the "Cooking with DiSE" series. If you haven't read Parts 1-2, you...
Thursday, 20 November 2025 21:00
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22 minute read
When I first integrated Umami analytics into my blog platform, I quickly ran into a frustrating reality: Umami's API documentation is... let's be charitable and call it "minimal." Error messages are...
Thursday, 20 November 2025 14:30
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10 minute read
