May 2026
After spending much of the last couple of months traveling for family reasons, I’m finally getting back into a more regular engineering rhythm again.
This month I’ve been revisiting distributed systems fundamentals, exploring durable AI agent workflows, and thinking more deeply about how AI changes software engineering and developer experience.
I’ve been skimming through Designing Data-Intensive Applications again — especially topics around reliability, data flow, and operational complexity. Interesting how many frontend and organizational scaling problems eventually resemble distributed systems problems.
I’m also experimenting with durable agent workflows using Microsoft’s agent framework ecosystem, with a focus on orchestration, context management, and long-running workflows.
Additionally, I’ve been preparing for the GitHub Copilot certification as a structured way to better understand AI-assisted engineering workflows.