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Software Development Is Not Dead: Why AI Coding Tools Fall Short in ProductionIntroduction Is programming as a career “dead” thanks to AI? Some tech leaders have made provocative claims to that effect – for example, NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang suggested in early 2024 that we may be facing “the end

Advanced Technology Solutions for Cybersecurity, Blockchain, AI, WebAssembly, and Microservices By Maxwell Seefeld President & CEO of Y12.AI Executive Summary In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and growing digital threats, Y12.AI is committed to providing state-of-the-art solutions that address the core challenges businesses face today. This

Overview: What is seL4?seL4 is a high-assurance, high-performance operating system microkernel. In simple terms, it’s a minimal kernel that provides only core OS functionalities (like threads, inter-process communication, memory management primitives) and leaves everything else to user-level programs. seL4’s claim to fame is that it’s the

Gentoo’s power lies in its flexibility – by tuning your system’s configuration, you can squeeze out extra performance and tailor the OS for specific needs. In this post, I’ll walk through an optimized /etc/portage/make.conf for my development workstation and explain each part. This machine is

Over the years, I’ve explored various Linux distributions—from Ubuntu and Arch to Gentoo—each with its own strengths and quirks. Along the way, I encountered familiar challenges: configuration drift, unpredictable updates, and the need to rebuild environments from scratch. That search for stability and repeatability led me to

Introduction: CMS Choices Shape Real Projects When you’re building serious, production-ready websites—technical deep dives, DevSecOps case studies, or high-impact marketing funnels—your CMS is the foundation. WordPress still powers over 40% of the web, but its legacy PHP core and endless plugin dependency can turn every update into

AbstractIn modern security operations, rapid, repeatable, and auditable deployments are essential. This guide delivers an in-depth walkthrough for installing and configuring the full Wazuh stack—Manager, API, Agent, Filebeat, Elasticsearch, and Kibana plugin—on Ubuntu 22.04. You’ll get architecture insights, environment planning, a production-grade Bash script, post-install hardening,