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Hot-Patching in the Agentic CVE Age

October 31, 20267 min

When exploit development moves faster than patch cycles, kernel livepatching can buy time. A practical, agent-assisted workflow with strict verification and a human making the final call.

#Security#Linux#AI#Kernel Livepatching#Agentic Engineering

Context Engineering: The Skill That Actually Matters for LLM Applications

June 01, 20258 min

Prompt engineering gets all the attention. Context engineering is where the real leverage is. Here's how to think about it.

#AI#LLM#RAG#Engineering#Context Engineering

Building an AI-Native Engineering Platform

March 15, 202512 min

How we integrated Claude Code, local LLMs, and retrieval-augmented generation into daily engineering workflows at Edgecast Cloud (Sovren Technologies) — and what actually worked in production.

#AI#Engineering#Claude#RAG#Agentic Systems

Acquiring Triton DataCenter from Samsung

August 20, 202410 min

What it takes to acquire an open-source infrastructure platform from a semiconductor giant, and what happens after you do.

#Open Source#Acquisition#Triton#SmartOS#Cloud
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