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Recent posts on architecture, product craft, frontend systems, and the practical side of building with AI.

insightAug 19, 2026

How to Track Database Changes in a Django App Using PostgreSQL Triggers

We started with django-auditlog. When the write path started paying for every diff in the application, we moved change detection into database.

Bahram AghaeiRead article

insightAug 5, 2026

Anonymised production data without the vendor bill

We needed production data without the production secrets and without relying on SaaS vendor. Dumpster is our answer: dump production data, anonymise it, hand it back when engineering asks.

Bahram AghaeiRead article

insightAug 1, 2026

Project Typewriter: How we sync types between FastAPI and React

A CI-guarded pipeline from Pydantic DTOs to TypeScript contracts

Nils PacheRead article

engineeringJul 24, 2026

Building an MCP Server Inside a Real Estate Finance Product

Multi-tenancy, auth, tool design, and the lessons from shipping it

Zeyad ObaiaRead article

featuredApr 27, 2026

How we automated customer support at Alasco with n8n

A RAG-powered ticket pipeline built in 5 days: 85% accuracy, 20+ hours saved per week

Moritz KoberlingRead article

featuredApr 20, 2026

Building A Product Usage Analysis Agent For Customer Success

How we replaced ad-hoc Metabase queries with an AI agent that serves both Go-to-Market and Product teams

Anastasia KoslovaRead article

insightNov 15, 2025

On building a time machine

How we implemented time-bound snapshots for one of the biggest tables in Alasco

Lorenzo PeñaRead article

insightMar 28, 2024

Django friends with Postgres Row-level Security

How we leveraged Django abstractions to seamlessly integrate Postgres Row-level Security

Lorenzo PeñaRead article

Building the AI-era operating system for real estate finance.

Latest writing

How to Track Database Changes in a Django App Using PostgreSQL Triggers

Anonymised production data without the vendor bill

Project Typewriter: How we sync types between FastAPI and React

Building an MCP Server Inside a Real Estate Finance Product

How we automated customer support at Alasco with n8n

Building A Product Usage Analysis Agent For Customer Success

On building a time machine

Django friends with Postgres Row-level Security

How we serve static assets at Alasco

React Testing Guidance

Back to the Future: Our Tech Blog's Transition from Jekyll to Astro

Visual Thinking — an essential skill in Product Management

Product and Engineering Hackathon Rabbit Hunt

Accessible labels and where to find them

Cool URIs don’t change — but what if yours aren’t?

Changing the User model without breaking the crockery

How we started the Alasco design system

Hello FastAPI

It’s not about us, it’s about the user

First international hire, 1 year on

Driving continuous improvement in our development process & practices

Lean UX at a SaaS Startup

Keep your frontend dependencies up-to-date

Handling Money and Taxes in Python

Memory Monitoring on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Dependency Hell? Automate it Away!