#devchallenge#weekendchallenge#solana#go
You write one kind sentence. I donate a dime. A blockchain makes sure I do.
This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Generosity Edition. What I...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
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Nazar Boyko
Software engineer, backend & AI-focused. Node.js, TypeScript, Go, PHP/Laravel, AWS. I write a lot about reliable systems and AI agents that actually ship. More at nazarboyko.com
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Nazar Boyko8 min read
#ai#career#code#codenewbie
Stop Copy-Pasting AI Code You Don't Understand
Pasting AI code because it runs feels productive and for today it is! I this post I want to explain...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#discuss#career#ai#learning
Should You Still Learn to Code If AI Can Do It?
Every beginner is quietly asking the same thing in 2026: why learn to code when the AI model can...
Nazar Boyko9 min read
#go#performance#programming#webdev
I Spawned 1000000 Goroutines. Here's Where 13 GB of RAM Went.
Ask any Go developer what a goroutine costs and you'll get the same answer with the exact byte count:...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#ai#mcp#security#architecture
Your .mcp.json Is a Backdoor Nobody Reviewed
Everyone has probably tried adding an MCP server and knows that it only takes a few lines of JSON....
Nazar Boyko17 min read
#discuss#ai#git#career
Should AI-Generated Code Be Labeled in Your Git History?
The Linux kernel, Fedora, and LLVM now require an “Assisted-by” tag on patches created with the help...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#devchallenge#bugsmash#ai#security
Our AI Persona Passed Every Test, Then Started Doing Code Reviews
This is a submission for DEV's Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories powered by Sentry. A quick note...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#devchallenge#weekendchallenge#go#webdev
GOOD DOG: you are the dog, and the dog is real
This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition What I Built A game where...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#frontendchallenge#devchallenge#css
The Pot - a borscht in pure CSS
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, CSS Art. ...
Nazar Boyko3 min read
#devchallenge#frontendchallenge#webdev#javascript
Still Warm: a museum where comfort food is the art
This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing Most food...
Nazar Boyko12 min read
#php#webdev#ai#discuss
PHP for AI? It Makes More Sense Than You Think
Say "AI" in a room full of developers and a pecking order forms on its own. Python sits at the top,...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#ai#php#laravel#security
Prompt Injection Is a Laravel Problem Now
Here is a Laravel feature that takes five lines: use Prism\Prism\Facades\Tool; $lookupOrder =...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#discuss#javascript#typescript#performance
TypeScript 7 Went Native: What Actually Changes And What Doesn't
Everyone's heard by now that TypeScript "went native." And I keep seeing the same wrong conclusion...
Nazar Boyko8 min read
#security#ai#webdev#programming
Slopsquatting: The Supply Chain Attack That Weaponizes AI Hallucinations
Typosquatting bets on your typo. Slopsquatting bets on your AI assistant. When a model invents a...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#ai#discuss#career#programming
The Junior Developer Pipeline Is Broken... And AI Broke It
Everyone agrees AI makes senior engineers more valuable. Almost nobody asks where the next generation...
Nazar Boyko9 min read
#discuss#ai#career#programming
AI And Code Ownership: Who Is Responsible For Generated Code?
Imagine your AI assistant just produced 200 lines of code. Legally, you may not own a single line of...
Nazar Boyko13 min read
#ai#testing#llm#security
LLM Evals For Developer Tools: Useful, Correct, Safe
Someone on your team built an LLM feature. Maybe it's an inline code-suggest. Maybe it's a "fix this...
Nazar Boyko18 min read
#vue#nuxt#typescript#webdev
Nuxt In 2026: The Vue Full-Stack Framework That Deserves More Attention
Everyone knows Next.js is the default full-stack JavaScript framework in 2026. The job ads say so,...
Nazar Boyko13 min read
#ai#testing#webdev#programming
AI For Test Generation: Where It Helps And Where It Lies
AI is great at writing tests fast, and good at writing tests that look real but verify the wrong...
Nazar Boyko12 min read
#ai#agents#planning#tools
Inside An AI Agent: Planning, Tool Use, Memory, Constraints, And Verification
Have you noticed how every demo of "an AI agent" looks impressive in the video and falls apart the...
Nazar Boyko15 min read
#go#architecture#programming#interview
How To Prepare For A Golang Interview: A Practical Guide For Mid & Senior Engineers
A Go interview is rarely about syntax alone. Yes, you should know how slices work, how goroutines...
Nazar Boyko52 min read
#go#architecture#career#learn
How To Learn Go Fast: A Practical Roadmap For Senior Backend Developers
Why I Am Writing This: A PHP Developer Crossing Into Go I am a PHP developer. I have...
Nazar Boyko30 min read
#ai#php#laravel#symfony
AI Agents For Laravel/Symfony Projects
Laravel and Symfony projects are great places to use AI agents. Not because PHP is "easy" (it isn't),...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#laravel#php#interview#backend
How To Prepare For A Laravel Interview
Have you noticed how every Laravel job posting wants someone who can "design scalable backends,...
Nazar Boyko22 min read
#laravel#php#today
Laravel From Version 5 To Today: The Framework Grew Up With Us
Have you ever opened an old Laravel 5 project and felt like you were walking into a house where every...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#ai#architecture#agents#specialized
Creating Specialized AI Agents: Developer, Tester, Reviewer, Documenter
One universal AI agent sounds convenient. One agent to read tickets, write code, generate tests,...
Nazar Boyko6 min read
#ai#architecture#agents#playground
Building An AI Agent Playground Before Giving It Production Access
A coding agent runs cleanup_old_records() against what it thinks is a staging database. It isn't. The...
Nazar Boyko11 min read
#ai#observability#llm#evaluation
Evaluating LLM Output Quality In Production
In March 2023, GPT-4 could tell you whether a number was prime with 97.6% accuracy. By June of the...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#developerproductivity#aiagents#dorametrics#spaceframework
How To Measure If AI Agents Actually Improve Developer Productivity
In 2025, a research nonprofit called METR ran a careful experiment. They took 16 experienced...
Nazar Boyko10 min read
#vectordatabases#pgvector#qdrant#pinecone
Vector Databases Compared: pgvector, Qdrant, Pinecone, Weaviate
There's a moment in almost every RAG project where someone asks the question that decides your next...
Nazar Boyko11 min readAdvertisement