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AI-Assisted Development: My Workflow After 6 Months with Claude
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AI-Assisted Development: My Workflow After 6 Months with Claude

After 6 months of daily AI-assisted coding with Claude, here is what actually works, what does not, and how it has changed the way I build software.

Apr 13, 20262 min read
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Observability in Modern DevOps: Logs, Metrics, and Traces
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Observability in Modern DevOps: Logs, Metrics, and Traces

Master the three pillars of observability — structured logging, metrics collection, and distributed tracing to keep your production systems healthy.

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Building AI-Powered Features with Claude API in Next.js
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Building AI-Powered Features with Claude API in Next.js

A hands-on guide to integrating Claude AI into your Next.js application — streaming responses, function calling, and building chat interfaces.

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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform on Google Cloud
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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform on Google Cloud

Provision and manage Google Cloud infrastructure declaratively with Terraform — from basics to managing complex multi-environment setups.

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Using Claude as a Code Review Assistant
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Using Claude as a Code Review Assistant

How I integrated Claude into my code review workflow to catch bugs, suggest improvements, and enforce best practices automatically.

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Kubernetes for Developers: From Zero to Production
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Kubernetes for Developers: From Zero to Production

A practical Kubernetes guide for developers — pods, deployments, services, ingress, and managing your first production cluster.

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Prompt Engineering: Write Better AI Prompts
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Prompt Engineering: Write Better AI Prompts

Learn the art and science of writing effective prompts for AI models — techniques that dramatically improve output quality and consistency.

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Docker Best Practices for Production Deployments
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Docker Best Practices for Production Deployments

Master Docker for production — multi-stage builds, security hardening, image optimization, and container orchestration patterns.

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CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions: A Complete Guide
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CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions: A Complete Guide

Build robust, automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions — from basic workflows to multi-stage deployments with Docker and cloud services.

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Getting Started with Claude AI: A Developer Guide
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Getting Started with Claude AI: A Developer Guide

Explore how to integrate Claude AI into your development workflow — from API setup to building intelligent features in your applications.

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From Junior to Mid-Level: Lessons from My First 2 Years at FPT Software
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From Junior to Mid-Level: Lessons from My First 2 Years at FPT Software

The technical and soft skills that made the biggest difference in my growth as a software engineer — from writing better code to communicating effectively in a large enterprise team.

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Framer Motion Tips: Scroll Animations That Delight Users
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Framer Motion Tips: Scroll Animations That Delight Users

Practical patterns for adding scroll-triggered entrance animations, stagger effects, and micro-interactions with Framer Motion in a Next.js app — without hurting performance.

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Clean Architecture in Java: Organizing a Spring Boot Project
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Clean Architecture in Java: Organizing a Spring Boot Project

How to structure a Spring Boot project following clean architecture principles — separating controllers, services, repositories, DTOs, and entities for maximum maintainability and testability.

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PostgreSQL on Neon: Serverless Database for Modern Apps
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PostgreSQL on Neon: Serverless Database for Modern Apps

Exploring Neon's serverless PostgreSQL offering — branching, scale-to-zero, and how to connect a Spring Boot application via JDBC with connection pooling using HikariCP.

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Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui: Building a Design System in Minutes
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Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui: Building a Design System in Minutes

How shadcn/ui's copy-paste philosophy combined with Tailwind CSS utilities lets you build a consistent, accessible, and fully customizable design system without fighting against a framework.

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Mastering Spring Security: JWT + httpOnly Cookies
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Mastering Spring Security: JWT + httpOnly Cookies

A comprehensive guide to implementing JWT authentication in Spring Boot 3 using httpOnly cookies for maximum security, covering token generation, validation, and refresh strategies.

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Docker & CI/CD: Automating Deployments with GitHub Actions
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Docker & CI/CD: Automating Deployments with GitHub Actions

How I set up a complete CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automatically test, build, and deploy a Dockerized Java + Node.js application to production on every push to main.

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Building a Full-Stack Portfolio with Next.js 14 & Spring Boot
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Building a Full-Stack Portfolio with Next.js 14 & Spring Boot

A deep dive into architecting a modern portfolio application using Next.js 14 App Router on the frontend and Spring Boot 3 on the backend, connected via a PostgreSQL database on Neon.

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