If LLMs can't write, I doubt it can lead us to AGI

Aside from the obvious clickbait tone

Aug 16 • Adlet Balzhanov

6

4

July 2026

I’ve been living inside DynamoDB for a while

Most “DynamoDB knowledge” online is too generic/too long to help.

Jul 19 • Adlet Balzhanov

11

4

June 2026

10 system design rules I always come back to

These took years to learn. 5 minutes to read

Jun 24 • Adlet Balzhanov

16

5

May 2026

The Moving Floor

A few years ago, I watched an engineer become a Director of Engineering at a company worth over $10 billion before turning 27

May 14 • Adlet Balzhanov

11

7

April 2026

Takeaways from “On Writing Well”

I used to think good writing was “nice to have” for engineers

Apr 7 • Adlet Balzhanov

14

2

4

February 2026

SQL vs NoSQL: How to Answer This in 2026

Modern databases are all good enough.

Feb 25 • Adlet Balzhanov

11

5

January 2026

I Wasted My First Years in Tech on the Wrong Things

I would have been forever grateful if someone gave me this advice earlier

Jan 12 • Adlet Balzhanov

15

4

3

November 2025

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but…

You’ve probably heard it in a meeting: “Sorry if this is a dumb question, but…”

Nov 30, 2025 • Adlet Balzhanov

10

8

3 ways out of tech burnout

the plateau of seniority

Nov 10, 2025 • Adlet Balzhanov

11

3

September 2025

the career-boosting lunches

this isn’t about pretending to be a social butterfly

Sep 30, 2025 • Adlet Balzhanov

12

3

confidence in tech > talent in tech

I’ve noticed that the confident engineer with average skills performs better

Sep 17, 2025 • Adlet Balzhanov

21

2

3

Success = (number of attempts) × (probability of success each time)

The rule is so simple

Sep 3, 2025 • Adlet Balzhanov

50

2

12