Build custom dashboards with MongoDB, azure & serverless functions
Create dynamic custom dashboards using MongoDB, Azure, and serverless functions to enhance your data visualization and management experience.
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Dev reflection - February 20, 2026
I want to talk about the difference between execution and verification. Because something happened this week that made the distinction painfully clear, and I think it matters far beyond software.
Dev reflection - February 18, 2026
There's a moment in any system—a team, a company, a workflow—where the thing you've been optimizing for stops being the constraint. And you don't notice right away. You keep pushing on the old bott...
Dev reflection - February 17, 2026
I want to talk about staging areas. Not the technical kind—the human kind. The places where work goes to sit. The inbox you check before forwarding. The draft folder. The approval queue. The meetin...