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Blog – Stefan Buck

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GitHub's Quiet Win: UI & API in Perfect Sync

Tired of UI and API feeling like two different worlds? GitHub's approach to consistency is a breath of fresh air and a strong example of putting developers first. It's a design philosophy others should learn from!

LLM Chat, the New Command Line?

Are LLM chats the modern command line?

My Favourite Platform Engineering Tools

A curated list of powerful tools that have transformed my platform engineering workflows

Farewell to OctoLinker

After nine incredible years, I'm officially announcing the end of OctoLinker. This browser extension, which made GitHub navigation more intuitive by transforming package dependencies into clickable links

Your Platform Team Is Selling the Wrong Thing

Platform engineering teams often build individual "bricks" when they should be delivering complete "LEGO sets"

Dialog Style: Brilliant Example of Communication

The genius of Papa Parse’s dialog-style guide to CSV parsing and how this can help you write better documentation.

Platform Engineers: Sorry, Your Developers Are Not Your Customers

Platform engineering teams often treat developers as customers, but this mindset can be misleading. Learn why your business is the real customer.

AI-First API Design

Discover the future of API design with AI-first principles. Learn how to create APIs optimized for AI agents, with semantic precision, actionable responses, and enhanced context for true machine-to-machine communication.

How to Switch Teams Successfully and Avoid Common Pitfalls

In an uncertain economy where most people prioritize job security, switching teams might be a valuable option, but t also comes with some unique challenges.

A Platform Team's Guide to Inevitable Failure

A comprehensive guide to ensuring your platform team is a complete disaster

Codeless Contributions with GitHub Issue Forms

What if we could contribute to a project without having to create a pull request? Imagine all we have to do is to create a GitHub issue.

Repository Templates Meets GitHub Actions

Create repositories with templated values without ever leaving the browser using repository templates and GitHub Actions

10 Tips to Get Faster Code Reviews

10 tips what you can do to help others to review your changes much easier and faster

Internationalizing a Web Application with Half a Million Lines of Code

What if you have to add internationalization to an existing application with more than half a million lines of code?

The Hidden Superpower of Deno: Xeval

A quick example of how to use Deno to transform data quickly using xeval.

My Favorite Podcasts

I have been listening to podcasts for many years and I learned so much from it. So, I wanted to share some of my favorites with you.

Five Essential Tools I Have Used for Years

Lots of tools come and go, but some become a crucial part of our workflow. Today I’m going to share the five essential tools that I have used for years.

The Four Solutions to Solve the Problem

The cloud is more than just a place to host your app. It’s a toolbox, filled with all kinds of handy tools, ready to help…

Automatically Add Links to Your Pull Request Description

If you raise five Pull Requests a week and it takes you about 10 seconds to insert that link, you spend 43 minutes a year copying and pasting links to GitHub.

Faster Refactoring with Comby

When was the last time you refactored code? In this post I’ll show you how to perform large-scale refactors, regardless of the language, in just a few…

How OctoLinker Runs Automate E2e Tests Using Puppeteer

How OctoLinker made end to end testing super simple using Puppeteer and this one trick