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Level UI • 18 hours • in Articles • 9 min read
An MCP server is not a new API. It is a thin layer over the one you already have
Somewhere in the last year, "do we need an MCP server?" joined the list of questions that arrive in a brief before anyone has said what the thing is for. It is usually framed as MCP vs API, as though the Model Context Protocol were a newer kind of AP...
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  • ai
  • api
  • webdev
  • security
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JonathanGordonverified • Oct 11 • in Articles • 2 min read
New Research: AI Involvement and Code Drift: Comparison of Drift Density and Severity by Provenance
We just posted the write-up of our most recent research. Here's the abstract: AI Involvement and Code Drift: A Provenance-labeled Comparison of Drift Density and Severity Across Nine Production-readiness Dimensions Abstract BACKGROUND: Prior work ...
  • code-quality
  • code-review
  • technical-debt
  • drift
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nevmenandr • Oct 4 • in Articles • 3 min read
The Outward Turn: When Literary Scholars Teach Us About Code Quality and Technical Debt
As a software developer, you've probably spent countless hours wrestling with technical debt, code review fatigue, and the eternal question of whether that one function is really necessary. These aren't just engineering problems—they're deeply human ...
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  • code-quality
  • technical-debt
  • literary-studies
  • computational-humanities
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Hanzla • Aug 8 • in Articles • 11 min read
The Developer's Dilemma: When to Build, When to Buy, and When to Walk Away
The Developer's Dilemma: When to Build, When to Buy, and When to Walk Away There's a unique thrill that courses through a developer's veins when a new idea sparks. It’s the intoxicating belief that "I can build that." This conviction is the bedroc...
  • decision-making
  • software-architecture
  • technical-debt
  • product-management
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Hanzla • Aug 7 • in Articles • 12 min read
Decoding the Build vs. Buy Dilemma: A Developer's Strategic Playbook
"We can build that." It's a phrase that resonates deeply within the developer community, a mantra of capability and ingenuity. Give us a problem, a blank canvas, and the right tools, and we'll engineer a solution. This inherent optimism, this can-do...
  • build-vs-buy
  • software-development
  • product-strategy
  • technical-debt
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Karol Modelski • Jul 30 • in Articles • 5 min read
I Spent 7 Years Building for Global Banks — Here’s What Your SME Actually Needs to Learn From Them.
You don’t need a corporate budget to have enterprise-grade stability, but you do need to stop treating your infrastructure like a disposable startup experiment. I’ve spent the better part of a decade inside the belly of the beast. From Citibank to B...
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  • small-business
  • business
  • technical-debt
  • software-development
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Hanzla • Jul 25 • in Articles • 1 min read
User Management API
version: 1.0.0 description: API for managing user accounts and profiles. servers: url: https://api.example.com/v1 paths: /users: get: summary: Get all users description: Retrieves a list of all registe...
  • bus-factor
  • knowledge-transfer
  • technical-debt
  • devops
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Hanzla • Jul 25 • in Articles • 12 min read
The Build vs. Buy Conundrum: A Developer's Guide to Strategic Decisions
Every developer knows the thrill of creation. We see a problem, and our first instinct often whispers, "I can build that." It’s a testament to our skill, our problem-solving prowess, and our inherent desire to craft elegant solutions from scratch. Th...
  • build-vs-buy
  • software-architecture
  • technical-debt
  • strategic-development
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Tom Smithverified • 15 hours • in Articles • 9 min read
Developer Weekly Briefing — October 30, 2026
Security dominated this week, but not in the usual way. Two active campaigns turned GitHub configuration files into attack surfaces. Researchers demonstrated that the built-in browsers inside AI coding tools can read your SSH keys. And at Oracle AI ...
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  • agenticai
  • devsecops
  • github
  • localai
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Hanzla • Jul 24 • in Articles • 11 min read
Mitigating the "Phantom Fixer" Crisis: Building Resilient Codebases and Teams
The silence was deafening, punctuated only by the frantic clicks of a keyboard. A critical bug had surfaced in production, halting a key business process. The project lead, sweat beading on their forehead, scrolled through commit history, a familiar ...
  • bus-factor
  • technical-debt
  • code-quality
  • knowledge-transfer
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Hanzla • Jul 24 • in Articles • 5 min read
Engineering for Resilience: Safeguarding Codebases from the Vanishing Act
The digital world often feels like a well-oiled machine, driven by logic and predictable outcomes. Yet, beneath the surface, it's a tapestry woven by human hands, subject to human foibles, brilliance, and, sometimes, unexpected disappearances. The re...
  • knowledge-transfer
  • technical-debt
  • code-maintainability
  • bus-factor
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Hanzla • Jul 23 • in Articles • 10 min read
The Architect's Dilemma: Navigating "Build vs. Buy" in a World of Infinite Possibilities
In the realm of software development, few impulses are as primal and persistent as the urge to build. Give a developer a problem, and their first instinct is often to craft a bespoke solution, meticulously designed, perfectly tailored, and entirely t...
  • build-vs-buy
  • software-architecture
  • technical-debt
  • project-management
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Hanzla • Jul 23 • in Articles • 13 min read
Beyond 'Can': Decoding the Build vs. Buy Dilemma in Modern Software Development
The developer's impulse is often to build. Faced with a new requirement, a missing feature, or an inefficient process, the immediate thought for many of us is: "I can build that." And often, we can. With the incredible array of open-source libraries,...
  • build-vs-buy
  • software-strategy
  • technical-debt
  • product-management
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Hanzla • Jul 22 • in Articles • 12 min read
The Architect's Dilemma: When Building It Isn't the Best Solution
The Architect's Dilemma: When Building It Isn't the Best Solution Every developer knows the thrill: a new project, a blank canvas, the enticing challenge of bringing an idea to life with code. We see a problem, and our instinct screams, "I can buil...
  • build-vs-buy
  • software-architecture
  • technical-debt
  • decision-making
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Alex • Jun 14 • in Articles • 2 min read
The Harris Matrix of Technical Debt
Originally published at https://vibeagentmaking.com/blog/the-harris-matrix-of-technical-debt/ The Harris Matrix of Technical Debt What a 1973 archaeologist with one pencil figured out about your tech-debt backlog — and why teams keep trying to solv...
  • software-engineering
  • architecture
  • technical-debt
  • productivity
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FurkanGozukara • Dec 29, 2025 • in Tutorials • 4 min read
How to Use SwarmUI Presets & Workflows in ComfyUI + Custom Model Paths Setup for ComfyUI & SwarmUI
How to Use SwarmUI Presets & Workflows in ComfyUI + Custom Model Paths Setup for ComfyUI & SwarmUI Full tutorial link > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFilBM3i7s !How to Use SwarmUI Presets & Workflows in ComfyUI + Custom Model Paths Setup for C...
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  • opensource
  • ai
  • python
  • technical-debt
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endrilickollari • Dec 28, 2025 • in Articles • 1 min read
Technical debt isn't just messy code. It's a financial liability.
I started DebtDrone as a CLI tool to measure code complexity. It was fast and effective, but I quickly realized a critical limitation: a CLI only gives you a snapshot. It tells you your code is complex today, but it doesn't tell you if you're burning...
  • softwaredevelopment
  • technical-debt
  • golang
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Codeac.io • Dec 18, 2025 • in Articles • 4 min read
3.5 best practices on how to prevent debugging
We can't promise you a life without debugging, however, these best practices can help all developers spend more time on programming instead of solving bugs. Every one of us wants to avoid bugs in the code, however, we are not always successful. Base...
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  • programming
  • technical-debt
  • debugging
  • clean-code
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Codeac.io • Dec 11, 2025 • in Articles • 4 min read
How to save time while debugging
We often see that developers tend to try to figure out a new solution while debugging, however, it’s highly possible that someone else has already come up with it. This tendency to reinvent the wheel is both time consuming and in most cases unnecessa...
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  • programming
  • technical-debt
  • clean-code
  • debugging
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