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.july

2026, 2 tips.

Four log levels, with a rule for each
Jul 2
observability
uv replaces pip, venv and pip-tools in one binary
Jul 2
pythontooling

.june

2026, 23 tips.

Put deploys on the graphs
Jun 30
observabilityoperations
A barrier makes race conditions reproducible
Jun 29
pythontestingconcurrency
A cron job that stops running is silent, so give it a heartbeat
Jun 28
observabilityoperations
Declare the PR's scope, and let CI enforce it
Jun 26
code-reviewci
p99, not the average
Jun 26
observabilityperformance
One request id, on every log line, across every service
Jun 24
observability
Read the code first, then the tests, as claims
Jun 23
code-reviewtesting
Every alert carries the link to its runbook
Jun 22
observabilitysre
Trace the agent loop, do not log it
Jun 20
ai-agentsobservability
Alert on what the user feels, not on what you think causes it
Jun 20
observabilitysre
Link headers carry the next page so the body stays clean
Jun 18
httpapi-design
When you compact an agent's context, keep the state
Jun 17
ai-agentsllm
Put the API version in the path
Jun 16
httpapi-design
HEAD, when you only need to know it exists
Jun 14
http
An on-call agent gets one action, then a human
Jun 14
ai-agentssre
Reuse connections for outbound HTTP
Jun 12
httpperformance
Fewer MCP servers, more skills
Jun 11
ai-agentsdeveloper-experience
The caller's timeout must be shorter than the callee's
Jun 10
httpreliability
The agent borrows the user's identity, scoped to the task
Jun 8
ai-agentssecurity
Vary tells the cache which headers change the response
Jun 8
httpcaching
Errors as application/problem+json
Jun 6
httpapi-design
Thirty real inputs before the first prompt
Jun 5
ai-engineeringtesting
Cursor pagination, not OFFSET, past the first few pages
Jun 4
httpapi-designpostgresql

.tips

.july

Four log levels, with a rule for each

uv replaces pip, venv and pip-tools in one binary

.june

Put deploys on the graphs

A barrier makes race conditions reproducible

A cron job that stops running is silent, so give it a heartbeat

Declare the PR's scope, and let CI enforce it

p99, not the average

One request id, on every log line, across every service

Read the code first, then the tests, as claims

Every alert carries the link to its runbook

Trace the agent loop, do not log it

Alert on what the user feels, not on what you think causes it

Link headers carry the next page so the body stays clean

When you compact an agent's context, keep the state

Put the API version in the path

HEAD, when you only need to know it exists

An on-call agent gets one action, then a human

Reuse connections for outbound HTTP

Fewer MCP servers, more skills

The caller's timeout must be shorter than the callee's

The agent borrows the user's identity, scoped to the task

Vary tells the cache which headers change the response

Errors as application/problem+json

Thirty real inputs before the first prompt

Cursor pagination, not OFFSET, past the first few pages