Looking back at 20 years in platform engineering feels both humbling and exhilarating. From building RAD tools for web applications in 2000 to managing Kubernetes clusters with 2 million pods today, the journey has been one of continuous learning, adaptation, and growth. This is my story of building platforms at scale, and the lessons I've learned along the way.
Same resume. Same job description. Two different scores: 78/100, then 68/100.
I had built a resume-jd-matcher agent to automate candidate screening. On a whim, I ran the same resume through it twice. The inconsistency wasn't just frustrating—it was dangerous. How could I trust hiring decisions based on unpredictable evaluations? How could I ensure fairness to candidates when the same resume might score differently depending on when it was assessed?
The core challenge: AI agents complete tasks differently than traditional programs. They're probabilistic, not deterministic. The same input can produce different outputs due to sampling and contextual variations. In many ways, AI behaves more like human judgment than code execution.
This is part 6 of a 6-part series on Claude Code.
Project Basic Info:
This is part 4 of a 6-part series on Claude Code.
Typical Scrum Process: Sprint Planning → Daily Standup → Development (2 weeks) → Sprint Review → Retrospective
This is part 3 of a 6-part series on Claude Code.
Using the Finance project as an example, demonstrating Claude Code's practical application in all software development stages.
This is part 2 of a 6-part series on Claude Code.
Claude Code is the official CLI tool launched by Anthropic in 2024, designed to bring Claude's powerful capabilities directly into developers' command-line environments.
This is part 1 of a 6-part series on Claude Code.
During 2021-2023, AI-assisted programming was primarily "completion-based" tools: GitHub Copilot provided next-line suggestions as you typed code. While revolutionary at the time, this was still the traditional "human writes code, AI assists" model.
Exploring best practices for AI-assisted programming (Vibe Coding) through the real development journey of the Finance project
Congratulations to the Royal Flush team for winning the 40+ 7.0M USTA Nationals Championship representing NorCal! I keep getting excited and forget to say something important - this is an amazing achievement. Everyone worked hard and contributed to the success, and you are all champions.