Solo engineering notes Series' Articles

Cover image for The Accordion Pattern: Why I stopped writing one fat LLM prompt

Hideki Mori

Apr 29

The Accordion Pattern: Why I stopped writing one fat LLM prompt

#llm #ai #architecture #api

4 min read

Cover image for Nobody knows when a job will finish. I'd still like to report it accurately.

Hideki Mori

May 4

Nobody knows when a job will finish. I'd still like to report it accurately.

#api #architecture #backend #devops

4 min read

Cover image for What survives when you build alone for 24 years

Hideki Mori

May 11

What survives when you build alone for 24 years

#api #architecture #career #solo

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4 min read

Cover image for Dynamic isn't enough. Operations is the other half.

Hideki Mori

May 18

Dynamic isn't enough. Operations is the other half.

#api #architecture #backend #devops

4 min read

Cover image for Live report: at this speed, you don't theorize. You eliminate.

Hideki Mori

May 25

Live report: at this speed, you don't theorize. You eliminate.

#api #architecture #ai #productivity

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6 min read

Cover image for The loop I didn't notice closing

Hideki Mori

Jun 1

The loop I didn't notice closing

#discuss #ai #productivity #softwareengineering

6 min read

Cover image for Abstractions are fine. Starting on them isn't.

Hideki Mori

Jun 8

Abstractions are fine. Starting on them isn't.

#api #architecture #serverless #softwareengineering

7 min read

Cover image for Twenty four years, ten DB migrations, zero downtime

Hideki Mori

Jun 15

Twenty four years, ten DB migrations, zero downtime

#database #devops #architecture #softwareengineering

7 min read

Cover image for Write the code well once, the spec stops bothering you

Hideki Mori

Jun 22

Write the code well once, the spec stops bothering you

#softwareengineering #architecture #design #backend

6 min read

Hideki Mori

Jun 29

The 3-line discipline

#softwareengineering #productivity #api #debugging

6 min read

Cover image for How I removed the middleman, one phone call at a time

Hideki Mori

Jul 6

How I removed the middleman, one phone call at a time

#softwareengineering #architecture #devops #business

6 min read

Cover image for The graph nobody is watching

Hideki Mori

Jul 13

The graph nobody is watching

#softwareengineering #database #devops #monitoring

7 min read

Cover image for I survived 24 years because I'm lazy

Hideki Mori

Jul 20

I survived 24 years because I'm lazy

#discuss #career #productivity #ai

7 min read

Cover image for Three failures I still think about

Hideki Mori

Jul 27

Three failures I still think about

#softwareengineering #career #debugging #programming

7 min read

Cover image for Two people who never bent — and what I learned from them

Hideki Mori

Aug 3

Two people who never bent — and what I learned from them

#career #leadership #softwareengineering #startup

5 min read

Cover image for Translation was a special case all along

Hideki Mori

Aug 10

Translation was a special case all along

#softwareengineering #architecture #ai #startup

4 min read

Cover image for The doors were already there

Hideki Mori

Aug 17

The doors were already there

#softwareengineering #architecture #programming #ai

3 min read

Hideki Mori

Aug 24

The work of staying

#softwareengineering #career #devjournal

4 min read

Cover image for When infrastructure was physical

Hideki Mori

Aug 31

When infrastructure was physical

#softwareengineering #infrastructure #devjournal

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4 min read

Cover image for How I climbed Java's concurrency staircase, one frustration at a time

Hideki Mori

Sep 7

How I climbed Java's concurrency staircase, one frustration at a time

#java #concurrency #beginners #career

9 min read

Cover image for You can't tune your way to correct

Hideki Mori

Sep 14

You can't tune your way to correct

#softwareengineering #architecture #backend #reliability

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5 min read

Hideki Mori

Sep 21

The contract is a rumor

#softwareengineering #architecture #backend #reliability

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6 min read

Hideki Mori

Sep 28

I'd rather not ask

#softwareengineering #architecture #backend #reliability

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4 min read

Hideki Mori

Oct 5

My own worst user

#softwareengineering #architecture #backend #reliability

5 min read

Hideki Mori

Oct 12

A design I didn't write

#softwareengineering #ai #architecture #product

3 min read

Hideki Mori

Oct 19

The list is a scar

#softwareengineering #reliability #architecture #backend

5 min read

Cover image for No sentence, no component

Hideki Mori

Oct 26

No sentence, no component

#architecture #mysql #java #backend

8 min read

Cover image for Count what you can predict, retry what you can't

Hideki Mori

Nov 2

Count what you can predict, retry what you can't

#softwareengineering #architecture #backend #ai

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7 min read

Cover image for Working Code Is Not a Proposal. It's a Fact.

Hideki Mori

Nov 9

Working Code Is Not a Proposal. It's a Fact.

#discuss #career #productivity #programming

7 min read