Postgres as a platform
Queues, search and vectors without extra infra. Check the database you already run before adding three services.
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Elena Ruiz
Backend engineer and editor of Offset. Writes about databases, boring software and the joy of deleting services.
On-device small language models
A 3B model on a phone won't write your novel. It will summarise, classify and redact without your data leaving the device.
Ship the boring version first
The clever architecture can wait for the second version. The first one has to exist.
Evals before prompts
Tweaking a prompt without a test set is redecorating in the dark. Write twenty examples first.
Local-first, in practice
Apps that work offline and sync later feel faster than any CDN. Here's what it took to build one.