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ACID vs BASE: What Database Guarantees Actually Promise

ACID and BASE describe two ends of a tradeoff between strict correctness and scalable availability. Learn what each guarantee means, when each fits, and why most modern databases sit somewhere in between.

2026-06-04 · 5 min read
AI Knowledge Work

AI Email Triage in 2026: Superhuman vs Shortwave vs Fyxer, Tested

I lived in Superhuman, Shortwave, and Fyxer for several weeks each to see which AI actually clears an inbox. Here is how their triage, draft quality, and pricing compare for busy knowledge workers.

2026-06-04 · 9 min read
AI Knowledge Work

AI Spreadsheet Copilots: Claude in Excel vs Gemini in Sheets vs Rows AI

I spent two weeks moving real analyst work through Claude in Excel, Gemini in Google Sheets, and Rows AI. Here is how they compare on formulas, live data, trust, lock-in, and price.

2026-06-04 · 10 min read
Meta

Auditing Affiliate Link Rot at Scale: How We Keep 200+ Outbound Links Honest

Affiliate links rot quietly — programs close, slugs change, tools die. Here's the redirect-table architecture and automated HTTP sweep we use to keep 200+ outbound links on Pickuma pointing somewhere real.

2026-06-04 · 9 min read
AI & Dev Tools

The MCP Servers Worth Installing in 2026: A Curated Review

After running coding agents for months with too many MCP servers and then too few, here is the short list of Model Context Protocol servers that actually earn their context-window cost — plus the ones quietly wasting your tokens.

2026-06-04 · 9 min read
Infrastructure

Better Auth Review: The Self-Hosted, Framework-Agnostic Auth Library for 2026

A hands-on review of Better Auth, the TypeScript-first, self-hosted auth library you run against your own database — covering OAuth, 2FA, organizations, plugins, adapters, and when paying for Clerk is still the smarter call.

2026-06-04 · 10 min read

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