I place developers with US tech companies for a living. Before that sentence makes you close the tab: this article contains the things I tell developers for free, every week, one conversation at a time. I got tired of saying it one person at a time.
Here is the pattern. A strong developer outside the US decides to go for US remote work. The money is real, the work is real, the market is...
AI can generate backend code quickly. That does not automatically mean it helps you ship quickly.
When every new project begins with prompts for authentication, JWT configuration, refresh tokens, role checks, validation, exception handling, and file uploads, much of the promised speed is consumed by rebuilding infrastructure you have already solved.
The higher-leverage approach ...
Every developer learning Node.js eventually finds out that the platform is single-threaded for JavaScript execution, but uses a libuv thread pool for asynchronous C++ tasks. However, there is an important architectural detail you must grasp: the libuv thread pool is not designed to execute your custom JavaScript code.
If you offload an intense image process...
There is a structural decision hiding inside every enterprise AI initiative that rarely gets the explicit attention it deserves: where does AI capability live organizationally?
The two dominant models are a centralized AI team, a dedicated function that owns AI strategy, tooling, and deployment across the organization, and a distributed model where AI capability is embedded within exist...
One of the questions I get occasionally is:
"Why are you building so many different projects?"
It's a fair question.
At first glance, KiwiEngine can look like a collection of unrelated tools.
There's Juice.
There's Seltzer.
There's KiwiPress.
There's Nectarine.
There's Sugar.
Then there are conversations about AI, hardware,...
Quick Answer: When building multi-agent AI systems, assigning human personas with broad responsibilities is a trap. Instead, apply the single-responsibility principle. By breaking complex tasks down into highly focused sub-agents—like dedicated file searchers and isolated code writers—you reduce context exhaustion and make debugging significantly easier.
I've noticed a ...