AI
August 12, 2026 · Michael Marquez
Prototypes Lie About How Hard the Real Thing Will Be
A demo that works once tells you almost nothing about a system that has to work every time.
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Engineering
August 10, 2026 · Michael Marquez
Tests Are Documentation That Runs
A comment can go stale the moment it is written. A test fails the moment it does.
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XRPL
August 9, 2026 · Michael Marquez
What I Learned Building on the XRP Ledger
Writing a transaction codec by hand teaches you things a library quietly hides from you.
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Engineering
August 8, 2026 · Michael Marquez
The Cost of a Clever One-Liner
Clever code asks every future reader to solve a small puzzle before they can trust it.
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AI
August 7, 2026 · Michael Marquez
The Boundary You Didn't Draw, AI Will Draw For You
Every layer you don't define explicitly becomes a layer an AI tool will happily collapse.
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AI
August 6, 2026 · Michael Marquez
The Debugging Tax Nobody Budgets For
Writing code got faster. Understanding code didn't. That gap is where all the new debt hides.
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AI
August 4, 2026 · Michael Marquez
The Missing Layer of AI
Intelligence alone isn't enough. As AI becomes responsible for more of our digital world, the missing layer is no longer capability, it's the ability to prove, verify, and trust every action.
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