MotherDuck CEO Says Single-Node Analytics Can Outperform Distributed Systems
Jordan Tigani, MotherDuck CEO, argues that many analytics teams are paying a complexity tax for workloads that never needed it.
Articles by: Marko Crnjanski
You Shouldn’t Trust AI Agents in Production
Because AI agents are probabilistic and can't be trusted on their own, developers need to build layered safeguards around them, and the cost of running them in production deserves as much attention as safety.
Netflix Engineering Levels Explained: L3 to L7 Career Ladder, Scope, and Pay
Want to become a Netflix software engineer? Here’s an overview of Netflix’s engineering career ladder, from entry-level L3 to Software Engineer L7.
LLMs Have a New Limit – It Costs More to Think Longer
NVIDIA’s Igor Dmochowski explained that LLMs are no longer limited just by model size or benchmark scores; the cost of longer reasoning means runtime, context length, memory use, and throughput matter just as much.
AI agents need their own identity and least-privilege access
As infrastructure gets more complex, "inside the network" is no longer enough. Users, devices, and AI agents need their own identity and only the access they need.
AI Is Only as Good as the Document Pipeline Behind It
Everyone is busy asking how big the model is, but the real question is what you fed it first - because if your PDFs are mangled and your OCR is sloppy, even the smartest LLM starts from the wrong answer.
Choose a Database Because It Fits the Workload, Not Because It’s Familiar
The fastest way to create technical debt in AI is still the oldest one: choosing a database because it feels comfortable.
The Real Source of Truth Is No Longer Code – It’s the Specifications
AI can write the code. The harder question is whether anyone still understands what it was supposed to do six months later.
AI Helps Ship Faster, But It Doesn’t Do the Thinking
We asked engineers how far AI can really go in software delivery, and their answer was simple: it can speed things up, but people still have to make the decisions.
Let’s Take A Look Inside Adobe’s Complete Career Ladder
Adobe doesn't publish its engineering career ladder, but we've gathered the data to give you a clear picture.
What 4 engineers with 10+ years of experience say about staying relevant in the AI era
I spoke with four veteran software engineers to explore how they’re approaching long-term career resilience and adapting their skills to stay effective in the field.
Many Engineering Leaders Are Getting AI Adoption Wrong
As AI tools become part of developers’ everyday workflows, a lot of engineering leaders assume that getting started is just a matter of buying the right software.
Forget the Model, It’s Workflows That Make LLM Products Run
Building with LLMs is nothing like traditional software. If we want something that actually works in production, we have to test it, monitor it, and keep iterating on real customer data.