Data, Engineering, and Beyond

The Deletion Delusion: Your Modern Data Platform is Probably failing compliance

Modern data architectures vs GDPR

Apr 20 • Sergey

March 2026

If we redact PII before the model sees the prompt, can we still preserve enough context for good reasoning?

Same privacy boundary. Better answers. Measured across 200 A/B prompts.

Mar 27 • Sergey

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Why AI Agents Work in Demos but Fail in Production

Unless you’re doing it right—and right now, almost nobody is

Mar 18 • Sergey

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February 2026

LLM APIs Have No Seatbelts. I Built One.

Why People Are Putting a Reverse Proxy in Front of Their AI Traffic

Feb 28 • Sergey

I Gave OpenClaw a Kill Switch Before It Could Decide for Itself.

I Watched OpenClaw Delete a Meta Director's Inbox. And decided I need a kill switch — before the agent decides for me.

Feb 26 • Sergey

Memory for AI Agents

Why Every Orchestration Platform Is Racing to Solve the Same Problem

Feb 23 • Sergey

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January 2026

Apache Iceberg

Why Data Engineers Are Quietly Standardising on It

Jan 13 • Sergey

3

AI Engineers Need Culture Too

How .cursor/rules saved my pet project (and my sanity)

Jan 8 • Sergey

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December 2025

Asset-Centric Orchestration: Focus on "What," Not "How"

Why data engineering is stuck in a binary deadlock

Dec 30, 2025 • Sergey

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Ingestion into DataLake Without Illusions

When the Tools Fall Short

Dec 28, 2025 • Sergey

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December 2024

[E]Commerce 101: Architecture.

Behind the Scenes: The Architecture Powering E-Commerce

Dec 3, 2024 • Sergey

November 2024

[E]Commerce 101: Storefronts.

1. Introduction to Storefronts. This article explores the various types of e-commerce storefronts, their unique characteristics, key features, and…

Nov 27, 2024 • Sergey