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September 24, 2025
IBM's New HashiCorp Partner Badges: A Practitioner's Guide to the Evolution of Partner Enablement
ibm hashicorp vault terraform devops cloudnative partners certification cirrustack
After completing all six new IBM HashiCorp partner badges, I'm sharing why the shift from bootcamps to self-service training is a game-changer. These Practitioner Advanced tracks deliver the same deep expertise as CHIP, but with unprecedented accessibility.
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September 15, 2025
From Pair Programmer to Project Lead: Spec Driven Development with Kiro
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Explore how Kiro IDE moves beyond simple AI code completion to true Spec Driven Development (SDD), turning your AI from a pair programmer into an agentic project lead that executes approved architectural plans.
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September 9, 2025
Beyond 'Vibe-Coding': Scaling AI with GitHub Spec Kit
github ai devops open-source llm architecture governance frameworks vibe-coding
Stop 'vibe-coding' with AI. Learn how GitHub's Spec Kit uses Spec-Driven Development to move from ad-hoc prompts to a scalable, governable, and intent-driven workflow.
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Published on
September 24, 2025
IBM's New HashiCorp Partner Badges: A Practitioner's Guide to the Evolution of Partner Enablement
ibm hashicorp vault terraform devops cloudnative partners certification cirrustack
After completing all six new IBM HashiCorp partner badges, I'm sharing why the shift from bootcamps to self-service training is a game-changer. These Practitioner Advanced tracks deliver the same deep expertise as CHIP, but with unprecedented accessibility.
Read more →
Published on
September 15, 2025
From Pair Programmer to Project Lead: Spec Driven Development with Kiro
kiro sdd genai vscode developer-tools ai-agents amazon demo ai devops open-source llm architecture governance frameworks vibe-coding
Explore how Kiro IDE moves beyond simple AI code completion to true Spec Driven Development (SDD), turning your AI from a pair programmer into an agentic project lead that executes approved architectural plans.
Read more →
Published on
September 9, 2025
Beyond 'Vibe-Coding': Scaling AI with GitHub Spec Kit
github ai devops open-source llm architecture governance frameworks vibe-coding
Stop 'vibe-coding' with AI. Learn how GitHub's Spec Kit uses Spec-Driven Development to move from ad-hoc prompts to a scalable, governable, and intent-driven workflow.
Read more →
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August 26, 2025
Stop Building RAG Pipelines: A Developer's Deep Dive into Gemini's URL Context Tool
AI Gemini Python LLM Generative-AI Software-Architecture
Learn how Gemini's new URL context tool can replace complex and expensive RAG pipelines with a single API call. This article provides a deep dive for developers and technology leaders on how to leverage this serverless utility to lower TCO, accelerate time-to-market, and shift engineering resources from infrastructure management to building intelligent, high-value AI applications.
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July 18, 2025
I Built the First Community Tools for Gemini Processors - Here's Why It's a Game-Changer
AI Gemini Python LLM Generative-AI Software-Architecture
A deep dive into Google's new AI agent framework, a side-by-side comparison that proves its value, and an introduction to the first two community-built processors for validation and web fetching.
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