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Engineering, AI and the business of building software, written by the people who do the work.
· 6 min read
Whisper's segments make poor subtitles. Here is how to build SRT and VTT cues from word timestamps with real rules for line length, line breaks, duration, reading speed and speaker changes.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 8 min read
Long audio gets split into overlapping chunks before Whisper runs. Here is how to join the transcripts back together without duplicated or dropped words, and how to keep WhisperX speaker labels consistent across chunks.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 5 min read
Should production ESP32 firmware use ESP-IDF or Arduino? A practical comparison covering control, OTA, security, power, testing, licensing and when Arduino is still the right call.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 8 min read
Your ESP32 prototype works on a dev board. Here is everything that changes when you design a custom PCB: module choice, power, boot pins, USB, antenna layout, programming and manufacturing.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 4 min read
Clients want custom software built faster using AI agents. We can do it. But speed now means cognitive debt later. Here's what actually happens and why we usually recommend against it.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 6 min read
Cognitive debt is the new tax on AI-assisted development—a quiet erosion of shared understanding that paralyzes teams long before technical debt does. Here's what it is, why it matters more than tech debt right now, and how to keep your team's mental model of a codebase intact.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 4 min read
Early-stage founders love to offer “equity instead of cash” to dev agencies. Here’s why those deals usually backfire, when they might make sense, and how to protect your cashflow while still thinking long-term.
By Osama Waqar
· 8 min read
Why a lot of popular 'clean code' advice makes code harder to debug and change, and what to focus on instead to build truly maintainable systems.
By Abdullah Waqar
· 5 min read
A practical guide for consultants to assess emerging technologies using structured frameworks like Gartner Hype Cycle, TOE Model, and Feasibility–Desirability–Viability tests without getting lost in hype.
By Shaheer Asrar
· 4 min read
Software doesn’t just get complex because of bad design or developer mistakes—constraints like performance, memory, and reliability quietly push it there. Here’s how, why it happens, and what to do about it.
By Abdullah Waqar