The Engineering Wisdom
Rakia Ben SassiI break down architecture decisions, AI-assisted development, and the real-world engineering wisdom they don't teach in tutorials. This isn't beginner content. It's for working engineers who want depth, perspective, and clarity.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 134 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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I Let 5 AI Agents Build My Enterprise App. Here's What Happened to My Sanity (and My Codebase)
From Chaos to Coordination: How to Orchestrate AI Agents Without Losing Your Mind
It’s Thursday afternoon, you’re watching in horror as your AI agent confidently deleted a database table. Not a test table. The production table. The one wit...
Stop Tracking Tokens. Start Building Value
Hey friends, let’s cut through the noise.
We’re charging full speed into the Dark Factory of modern software engineering. AI is cranking out code at lightspeed, companies are obsessing over “Tokenmaxxing”. StrongDM is tracking $1000+ in to...
What This Claude vs. Gemini Experiment Taught Me about AI Agents and SDD
I didn’t plan to run this experiment. I was just trying to redesign my website.
I run engforge.com — an engineering consulting and training business — and I’d been using Claude Design to mock up a new look for the site. After a few iterati...
Git-Skills Live: Testing Your Git IQ
Testing Your Git IQ: Quiz & Pro Tips with Git-Skills Live
Have you ever stared at a detached HEAD state and considered a career in goat farming instead? 🙋♂️
We’ve all had that “Git Trauma” moment where one wrong command feels like p...
Your App Is Getting Ghosted and Doesn't Know It: The Webhook Survival Guide
Fire and Forget (and Pray): The unfiltered truth about webhooks
It’s Friday. Your on-call phone buzzes. A customer is furious — they paid for an order an hour ago, but their account still shows pending.
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Senior Software Engineer • Google Developer Expert • Speaker • Tech Instructor & Content Creator • 2 decades in tech. I break down the real-world engineering wisdom they don’t teach in tutorials for engineers looking for depth over hype.
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