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Iouri Khramtsov

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Posts
27 from 19 Jul 2018 to 29 Sep 2026
Posting
monthly (8 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2026 8

  1. Estimating software projects without fooling yourself
  2. Neat trick to make big PRs readable: reslicing them into small commits
  3. If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you’re not managing quality right
  4. What to do when your coworker uncritically copy-pastes AI
  5. Intro to project management for developers: Part 2 - Design and Planning
  6. Intro to project management for developers: Part 1 - Starting a project
  7. AI agents aren’t people, so don’t bother lecturing them
  8. My Spec-First Workflow for AI Coding Agents

2024 1

  1. Canadian housing crisis: what will it take to fix it?

2022 2

  1. My lazy Wordle strategy: same words every time
  2. REST API design: lessons learned from going down the wrong (and right) paths

2021 4

  1. Progress in neural electrodes
  2. Getting started with FPGAs and Verilog
  3. Human vision system - a simple description
  4. Image stabilization - in humans

2020 6

  1. Neuron circuits in the retina - more than just pixels
  2. How neurons create electric spikes
  3. Multithreading without locks
  4. The magic of ion channels in the neurons
  5. Newcomen atmospheric engine - an animation
  6. Making codebases age well

2019 2

  1. TDD is a lot easier with the right tools
  2. Kubernetes is useful, but it's not a complete platform

2018 4

  1. Books for technical leads and senior developers
  2. How to select an API Gateway for (micro)services
  3. Leveling up the team's communication habits
  4. Why your service needs a client library