Essays · 03

Beyond Code

Engineering practice, AI & the craft

Essays beyond code: engineering practice, AI, career and learning.

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Beyond Code · 12 min read

BULP: exploring Ukrainian etymology through NLP

A personal project about tracing Ukrainian words through dated sources, mining language data, and building an evidence-first tool that can grow with its communities.

  • ukrainian
  • etymology
  • nlp
  • ai

Beyond Code · 7 min read

Writing the intent, not the code: AI and specification-driven development

AI assistants are changing what a developer’s day consists of. Why adapting early matters, where the tools fail, and why the specification is becoming the most important artifact we write.

  • ai
  • software engineering
  • specification
  • career