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Architecture

The Cron Job is a Code Smell.

Jan 5, 2026

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5 min read

The Cron Job is a Code Smell.

Issue #005: Why 0 0 * * * is killing your AI latency + The "Elon Musk" notification solution + more...

Harsh Kathiriya
Harsh Kathiriya

System Design

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The Sunday Commit: Stop Memorizing Syntax.

Jan 4, 2026

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5 min read

The Sunday Commit: Stop Memorizing Syntax.

Issue #004: Why "Context Caching" is the highest ROI skill for 2026 (for both LLMs and Humans).

Harsh Kathiriya
Harsh Kathiriya
The $12,000 Infinite Loop

Jan 3, 2026

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5 min read

The $12,000 Infinite Loop

Issue #003: A RAG horror story + Puzzle + News and more...

Harsh Kathiriya
Harsh Kathiriya

Data Pipelines

The Schema is Dead. Long Live the Metadata.

Jan 2, 2026

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6 min read

The Schema is Dead. Long Live the Metadata.

Issue #002: How to engineer pipelines for unstructured blobs + The efficient SQL deduplication solution.

Harsh Kathiriya
Harsh Kathiriya

Architecture

From ETL to EtLT: Why Vectorization belongs upstream

Jan 1, 2026

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5 min read

From ETL to EtLT: Why Vectorization belongs upstream

Issue #001: The architecture shift for 2026 + A Python generator for embeddings.

Harsh Kathiriya
Harsh Kathiriya

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