blog.saurav.io
RSS FeedEngineering notebook by Saurav Sharma . Writing about AI agents, cloud architecture, and the future of software development.
Recent Posts
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Claude Code/Codex are great. Blind trust is not.
I used one AI to snitch on another AI's code. Codex audited Claude Code's codebase, found seven findings, three marked Critical. Only one actually mattered.
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The Best Static Blogging Stacks for AI-Assisted Development in 2026
I got roasted for my Hexo blog looking like it was from 2003. So I researched every static blogging framework worth considering in 2026, specifically for developers who build with AI agents.
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Pragmatic Automation: Why Automating in Parts Beats End-to-End
Lessons learned from abandoning projects because end-to-end automation didn't work. In the GenAI era, automating parts with human-in-the-loop is the smarter approach.
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CLAUDE.md, Subagents, MCP & Skills: The AI Coding Stack Nobody Explained Until Now
A complete guide to AI coding agents in 2026: configuration files, subagent architectures, skills, and the Model Context Protocol.
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How I Saved $84/Year on iCloud Storage Using Claude
Using Claude Code and Claude Web to analyze my iCloud folders, find bloat, and cut my monthly storage bill from $9.99 to $2.99.
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AI Isn't Replacing Jobs—It's Making Everyone an AI Engineer
Why the fear of AI replacing jobs is misplaced. The real shift is that prompting, validating, and iterating with AI is becoming the new universal engineering skill.
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From Score 79 to 94: How I Optimized My Static Blog for Speed
How I optimized my Hexo blog from a Lighthouse score of 79 to 94 by automating image compression (WebP), enabling lazy loading for images and scripts, and configuring proper cache headers.
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Ask Better Questions or Get Left Behind
Jensen Huang's advice on using AI isn't about prompts, it's about ownership. Learn how to ask the right questions to turn AI from a tool into a career multiplier.
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How I Built This Blog: The Modern Serverless Tech Stack
A deep dive into the modern serverless tech stack (Hexo, AWS S3, CloudFront) and the AI-first workflow used to build and maintain this blog.
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Consolidating Domains with CloudFront Functions
How I consolidated ai.saurav.io and cloud.saurav.io into a single domain using AWS CloudFront Functions for managing 301 redirects at the edge.