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Testing a Static Site Generator: Small Contracts, Reliable Output

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Testing a Static Site Generator: Small Contracts, Reliable Output

A static site generator is a good example of a system where small bugs can propagate through multiple layers.

A mistake in Markdown parsing can eventually appear as malformed HTML.

A malformed text node can produce incorrect links.

A block-classification error can cause an entire section of a page to render incorrectly.

That makes testing especially important.

The solution is not necessarily hundreds of large end-to-end tests.

Making an AI Agent Reliable

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Making an AI Agent Reliable

The most impressive AI agent demo can still be a poor piece of software.

A demonstration may work perfectly when the model responds as expected, every API is available, every tool succeeds, and the task is small.

Real systems are not that forgiving.

Models produce unexpected outputs.

Networks fail.

Tools time out.

External APIs change.

Users provide ambiguous instructions.

An agent that cannot handle these conditions is not reliable.

What Building PokedexCLI Taught Me About Backend Engineering in Go

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What Building PokedexCLI Taught Me About Backend Engineering in Go

PokedexCLI began as a relatively small Go application.

The premise is simple: interact with Pokémon data through a command-line interface.

But projects do not remain simple merely because their initial requirements are simple.

As functionality grows, the application has to deal with API communication, pagination, application state, caching, command dispatch, data modeling, errors, and testing.

That made PokedexCLI valuable as more than a CLI exercise.