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How We Integrate AI Into Every Phase of Software Development

From requirements gathering to deployment, artificial intelligence is transforming how we build software. In this article, we share our approach to integrating AI tools across the entire development lifecycle.

Yadisnel Galvez · March 15, 2026 · 13 min read

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Frontend
Frontend

Server Components in Next.js 16: A Practical Guide

A hands-on guide to using React Server Components in Next.js 16 for better performance and developer experience.

Dec 19, 2025 · 6 min read

Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Kubernetes in Production: What We Learned After 50 Deployments

Key takeaways from running Kubernetes in production across multiple projects and environments.

Jan 24, 2026 · 7 min read

Culture
Culture

Building a Remote-First Engineering Culture That Actually Works

How we built a thriving remote engineering culture with async communication and trust-based management.

Jan 6, 2026 · 5 min read

TypeScript
TypeScript

Why We Standardized on TypeScript Across All Projects

The decision to go all-in on TypeScript and how it improved our codebase quality and developer productivity.

Dec 2, 2025 · 4 min read

AI
AI & Engineering

Claude as a Pair Programmer: Our 6-Month Review

How we integrated Claude into our daily development workflow and the surprising impact on code quality and velocity.

Nov 15, 2025 · 9 min read

Architecture
Architecture

Implementing Role-Based Access Control in Next.js with CASL

A step-by-step guide to building fine-grained permissions with CASL abilities and NextAuth middleware.

Oct 30, 2025 · 7 min read

DevOps
DevOps

Zero-Downtime Deployments: A Blue-Green Strategy with EKS

How we implemented blue-green deployments on Kubernetes to eliminate downtime during releases.

Oct 14, 2025 · 6 min read

Frontend
Frontend

Migrating from REST to tRPC: A Type-Safe API Journey

How we replaced REST endpoints with tRPC for end-to-end type safety between our Next.js frontend and Node.js backend.

Sep 26, 2025 · 8 min read

Infrastructure
Infrastructure

Edge Computing with CloudFront Functions: Beyond Simple Caching

Using CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge to handle A/B testing, geo-routing, and auth at the edge layer.

Sep 8, 2025 · 7 min read

Culture
Culture

How We Run Async Sprint Retrospectives Across 4 Time Zones

Our async retrospective format that keeps distributed teams aligned without marathon video calls.

Aug 21, 2025 · 5 min read

Architecture
Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture: When and Why We Use It

Choosing between request-response and event-driven patterns, and how we implement event sourcing with AWS SNS/SQS.

Aug 4, 2025 · 10 min read

AI
AI & Engineering

Building RAG Pipelines for Enterprise: Lessons from the Trenches

Our experience building retrieval-augmented generation systems for enterprise clients using embeddings, vector databases, and Claude.

Jul 17, 2025 · 11 min read

DevOps
DevOps

Observability Stack 2025: OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Beyond

How we built a unified observability platform with distributed tracing, metrics, and log correlation across microservices.

Jul 1, 2025 · 8 min read

Frontend
Frontend

Web Accessibility in 2026: Beyond Compliance to Great UX

How we bake accessibility into our design system from day one, making inclusive experiences the default.

Jun 13, 2025 · 6 min read

TypeScript
TypeScript

Zod + React Hook Form: The Ultimate Validation Stack

Runtime validation meets type inference. How Zod schemas drive both our forms and API contracts.

May 27, 2025 · 5 min read

Culture
Culture

From Solo Founder to Engineering Team: Scaling Atbion in Year Two

The hiring decisions, cultural foundations, and technical choices that shaped our growth from one to many.

May 10, 2025 · 8 min read

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