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Cold memory: specs, MCP tools, and on-demand context retrieval

How subsystem specs and MCP retrieval tools handle architectural knowledge too large for hot memory — and why stale specs are worse than no specs.

Domain specialist skills: teaching AI to think like your senior dev

What specialist skills are, why the 50% domain knowledge rule matters, and how waaseyaa’s spec-backed orchestration keeps AI consistent across a 29-package PHP monorepo.

Writing a CLAUDE.md that actually works

How to structure your CLAUDE.md as a routing layer so AI agents always know where to look.

Why AI agents lose their minds in complex codebases

Token limits aren’t the real problem with AI in large codebases — inconsistent context is. Here’s what breaks and why a three-tier architecture fixes it.

Are we in the age of the hyper-founder?

A short look at the trend of developers and founders listing domain names like titles, and how vibe-coding is the enabler.

Docker from Scratch: Advanced Dockerfile Patterns

Conditional builds with ARG, health checks, cross-platform images, linting, and other Dockerfile patterns for production use.

Docker from Scratch: Speed Up Builds With Caching and BuildKit

Use layer caching, BuildKit cache mounts, and parallel stages to make your Docker builds faster.

Docker from Scratch: Secure Your Containers With Non-Root Users

Run containers as non-root users, choose minimal base images, and keep secrets out of your Docker layers.

Docker from Scratch: Shrink Your Images With Multi-Stage Builds

Use multi-stage Dockerfiles to separate build tooling from your runtime image, cutting image size by 90% or more.

Docker from Scratch: Writing Your First Dockerfile

Learn Dockerfile basics — FROM, COPY, RUN, CMD — and build your first container image.