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Latest — 28 Jul 2026

When an AI Agent Hacked Hugging Face: A Sandboxing Playbook for Agent Builders

An autonomous AI agent breached Hugging Face during a cyber evaluation. Here is the threat model and sandbox architecture agent builders should adopt.

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After Nearly Five Years in Backend, I’m Choosing AI Engineering

After nearly five years as a backend engineer, I am beginning a new journey into AI engineering—and bringing my backend experience with me.
16 Jul 2026 6 min read

Should We Still Use ORMs When AI Writes the Code?

AI can write SQL instantly, so do applications still need ORMs? A practical guide to choosing ORM, raw SQL, or both.
16 Jul 2026 5 min read

AI-Native Graduates Aren’t Junior Versions of Us

AI-native graduates are entering the workforce. Here is what they can teach tech—and what they still need to learn.
16 Jul 2026 6 min read

Your Microservices Are Failing in a Cascade — And RabbitMQ Is What Stops It

Why synchronous REST causes cascading microservice failures, and how RabbitMQ and message queues solve the problem—with practical code.
16 Jul 2026 9 min read

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