Abdullah Waqar
co-founder @ labvent | multidisciplinary software engineer | abdullahwaqar.com
Constraints: The Quiet Reason Software Gets Complicated
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Stop Overengineering: Designing Software That Fits Its Context
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Paying for LLM Agents Means Paying for Mistakes (And Cleanups)
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Why Tool Wars Miss the Point: It's Not What You Use, It's How Well You Use It
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Fewer Layers, Fewer Surprises: Why Less Abstraction Means Fewer Software Bugs (And Easier Debugging)
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Is Coding with LLMs Cheaper Than a Junior Dev? The Actual Numbers for 2025
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Technical Debt Isn’t Evil: How to Use It Without Drowning Your Codebase
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What Are MCPs? The New Standard Making AI Actually Useful
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Why Estimating Software Projects Is So Tough (And Why That's Okay)
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Get Ahead by Ignoring the Latest Developer Trends
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