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Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development

Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development

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Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge

Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge

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Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One
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Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One

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Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait

Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait

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Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches

Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches

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Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity

Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity

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Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration

Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration

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Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together
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Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together

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Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting

Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting

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Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development

Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development

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Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough

Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough

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Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage

Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage

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Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance

Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance

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Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing

Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing

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Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring
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Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring

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Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates

Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates

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Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths

Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths

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Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete

Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete

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Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration

Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration

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