Tag: engineering
All the articles with the tag "engineering".
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Why mentors say 'just Google it'
Back then, I felt dismissed. Looking back, they were teaching me to think independently.
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How to work with AI coding assistants
Create memory files, draft solutions first, interrupt when it goes wrong. Treat AI like a partner, not a magic box.
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Treat AI like a brilliant junior dev
It's fast but has no context. Without code review, every shortcut becomes a bad pattern.
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I cut database costs by 50% with simple queries
Query times dropped from 1-2 seconds to 10-20 milliseconds. Cut database costs by over 50% without upgrading hardware.