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Production RAG with model routing that survives scale
How we gate model choice, evals, and fallbacks so retrieval stays useful under real traffic.
Maya Chen
Staff ML Engineer
Hiring OpsScorecards that predict time-to-productivity
Interview signals that correlate with ramp, not just algorithm trivia.
Jordan Hale
Feb 28, 2026 · 6 min
DevOpsZero-downtime deploys we actually trust
Kubernetes + GitHub Actions patterns that survive Friday afternoon releases.
Sam Okonkwo
Feb 14, 2026 · 7 min
SaaSSaaS MVP to scale: NestJS, Stripe, PostHog
A pragmatic stack path from first paying customers to multi-tenant reality.
Elena Ruiz
Jan 30, 2026 · 9 min
TalentStructured interviewing for staff engineers
Panels, rubrics, and debriefs that keep the senior bar honest.
Priya Nair
Jan 16, 2026 · 5 min
ArchitectureADRs before feature theater
Why we write architecture decision records in week one of every embed.
Chris Vogel
Jan 8, 2026 · 6 min
DevOpsSignals before the page
The few traces and budgets we write down before an incident, not after the thread starts.
Noah Park
Dec 18, 2025 · 6 min
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