Waleed Ahmed.
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Notes on full-stack engineering, system design, and building with AI.

August 14, 2026

AI gets you to 80 percent. Review is the job.

Why the review step is not optional overhead, and what that actually looks like day to day.

July 22, 2026

What I keep finding when I review vibe coded apps

Exposed APIs, secrets in git history, missing RBAC. A pattern, not an exception.

June 30, 2026

How Claude Code actually fits into my daily workflow

Planning, implementation, debugging, and PR prep, with the same review bar as any other change.

May 18, 2026

From frontend engineer to tech lead: the parts nobody plans

Delivery did not feel like a choice so much as something I kept staying close to.

April 9, 2026

Model Context Protocol, explained for working engineers

What MCP actually solves, and where it fits next to a regular REST API.

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