AI monthly insights 7
- 9. May 2025

Building an effective search for AI and other applications (part 3 of 3)

Final part of the AI search series with a practical comparison of Pinecone, Postgres, and Elasticsearch, plus a hands-on guide to implementing full-text, vector, and hybrid search in Postgres.

Dev Diary 10
- 6. May 2025

Leveling Up with AI Coding Assistants

A practical look at AI coding assistants comparing tools like Copilot, Gemini and Augment across levels of assistance from autocomplete to autonomous agents and how they boost productivity and streamline workflows.

Web Dev newsletter
- 2. May 2025

Web Development Updates

Monthly web tech update featuring Zod 4, React useEffect behavior, VS Code Copilot Agent Mode, faster TypeScript, and AI’s role in dev work.

AI monthly insights 6
- 14. April 2025

Building an effective search for AI and other applications (part 2 of 3)

Second part of a series on AI search techniques, focusing on vector search, hybrid methods, and reranking approaches like RRF and cross-encoders to enhance relevance in RAG systems.

Dev Diary 9 Azure error madness
- 8. April 2025

Azure error madness

A translation app using Azure services threw access errors for some users. The issue was caused by unescaped spaces in file names, leading to path mismatches in Blob Storage.

AI monthly insights 5
- 4. April 2025

Building an Effective Search for AI and Other Applications (Part 1 of 3)

Part 1 of our series on building effective search systems focuses on full-text search. Learn how it works under the hood—from text preprocessing and the BM25 scoring function to indexing strategies and enhancements like synonym and fuzzy search.