Stephen WeberBlog
Insights on engineering leadership, AI-native products, and building teams that ship
Mastering Claude Code Skills - 9 Principles from Analyzing the Top 100
After analyzing 100 of the highest-performing skills, a clear pattern emerges: the best skills treat the agent's context window as a scarce, non-renewable resource. Writing a good skill is an exercise in software architecture, balancing token efficiency with execution reliability.
Design Patterns for AI-Powered Applications A Production Engineer's Guide
The gap between impressive AI demos and reliable production systems has never been wider. The quality of an AI application is determined less by the choice of model and more by the engineering discipline built around it.
Beyond Instructions: How Modern Prompting Turns AI Into a True Thought Partner
A practical guide to advanced prompting techniques — when to use them, why they work, and how to combine them effectively.
The Vibe Coding Playbook: How to Build Any Website from Scratch Using Cursor
Most developers start with wireframes, components, or sitemaps.
LLM Prompt Caching: The Hidden Lever for Speed, Cost, and Reliability
You’ve probably heard that large language models (LLMs) are expensive and slow. But here’s what many teams overlook: the easiest way to dramatically cut costs...
Prompt Engineering Is Now a Software Discipline
If you’re building AI agents for support, internal tools, or autonomous workflows, your prompts need to be structured, testable, and maintainable — just like...
How Top 1% Developers Use Cursor AI: A Complete Guide to 10x Your Coding Productivity
The AI coding revolution is here, and Cursor is leading the charge. But while most developers are still figuring out basic autocomplete, elite developers are...
Most LLM Tooling Fails at the Diagram Layer
Not because the models are weak — but because the abstraction is wrong.
How AI Is Reshaping SaaS Valuations
AI has split the $400B+ SaaS market into two categories: pure utility apps losing value, and compounding-value businesses commanding premium valuations.
Mastering LLM Accuracy: How to Test, Detect, and Fix Hallucinations in AI Models
Large Language Models (LLMs) are like that overly confident friend: they sound authoritative but occasionally spout nonsense. In the AI world, we call this...
Unlocking the Secrets of OSINT: A Guide to Top OSINT Tools
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools are powerful for gathering information from publicly available sources. With so many options, selecting the right tool...
The Best AI Models for Every Business Task in 2025
Navigating today’s AI model options can feel overwhelming — especially with new updates dropping constantly. I get it! I’ve been digging into the latest...
Choosing the Right Architecture: A Guide to Building Scalable and Effective Generative AI Apps
Imagine you’re building a new generative AI app — one that can whip up art, compose stories, or even chat with users like a pro. You’ve got a brilliant idea,...
The Best Libraries and Methods to Render Large Network Graphs on the Web
In the world of data visualization, force-directed graphs are a powerful tool for representing complex relationships in a visually compelling way. These graphs...
Next.js — Advantages and Disadvantages over React
In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, choosing the right tools and frameworks is crucial for building robust and efficient applications. React has...
Supabase vs. Firebase vs. Strapi
When it comes to backend services for your web or mobile applications, there are several options available. In this article, we will compare three popular...
React CSS Rendering Speed Comparison: Styled Components vs. Tailwind vs. Bootstrap
In the fast-paced world of web development, every millisecond counts. Rendering speed can significantly impact both user experience and SEO rankings. In this...
Mastering SEO in React and Next.js: SSR, SSG, ISR, Server Components and more.
In the dynamic world of web development, search engine optimization (SEO) plays a pivotal role in ensuring your website’s visibility and success. When it comes...
The Battle for AI Brilliance! Llama 2 vs. ChatGPT
Get ready to explore the exciting realm of AI language models as we pit two heavyweights against each other: Meta AI’s fresh-faced Llama 2 and the reliable...
Sessions vs. Tokens in WebSocket Communication
In the realm of WebSocket communication, two authentication methods, sessions , and tokens , have emerged as the go-to choices for establishing secure...
Demystifying Containerization: A Practical Approach
In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, agility and scalability are paramount. Amid the rise of cloud computing and microservices,...
A Comprehensive Comparison of React State Management Libraries
Hey there, frontend heroes! Get ready to embark on an epic adventure into the realm of React state management libraries. In this article, we’re diving deep...
Dead Simple Explanation of Ethereum Layer 2
Crypto is not about gatekeeping so here are the TLDR explanations of each of these subjects.
Top 6 Free ML Data Prep Tools of 2022
Are you looking for a data cleaning tool to make your next data science project? Below is a list of my top 5 picks for data cleaning tools of 2022 that will...
Top 20 No-Code & Low-Code Tools For AI
Whether you are in a startup looking to add some simple AI to your product, you are just getting started learning into AI in general or you just want to...
CSV vs Parquet vs JSON for Data Science
Data in the real world is born in different forms, times, and places. The form can dictate how you query it and how fast your analysis will take sometimes.
10x Data Science Tools You Should Know
I used to think I was decent at data science. Then I started using Pandas-Profiling, BitRook, Mito, and SweetViz. Now I’m a 10x faster in my job.
Top 20 Pandas Data Cleaning Code
Data Cleaning is necessary for making accurate insights, machine learning models, and insights to move your business forward.