The Yak BuildA quiet newspaper about programming, AI, books, photography and film.https://yakbuild.dev/enA small model with a big context window, tested on real ticketshttps://yakbuild.dev/post/small-model-big-context/https://yakbuild.dev/post/small-model-big-context/I gave it 200 support tickets and one question. It answered 171 of them correctly.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI RadarOne year without a framework: 41 pages, zero regretshttps://yakbuild.dev/post/one-year-without-a-framework/https://yakbuild.dev/post/one-year-without-a-framework/I rewrote my side project in plain HTML, CSS and a little TypeScript. The bundle shrank from 312 KB to 9 KB — here is what it cost.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWorkshopSeries: the harbour at dawnhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/harbour-at-dawn/https://yakbuild.dev/post/harbour-at-dawn/Twelve frames shot between 5:40 and 6:20, before the first ferry left.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDarkroomReview: The Quiet Compilerhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/the-quiet-compiler/https://yakbuild.dev/post/the-quiet-compiler/For engineers who like their theory with a story. Worth it, if you skip chapter six.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTShelfReview: A Long Night in the Archivehttps://yakbuild.dev/post/a-long-night-in-the-archive/https://yakbuild.dev/post/a-long-night-in-the-archive/Two hours, one building, almost no dialogue. It should not work, and it does.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCinemaA month with an AI code reviewer: what it caught and what it missedhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/a-month-with-an-ai-reviewer/https://yakbuild.dev/post/a-month-with-an-ai-reviewer/Thirty days, 84 pull requests and one bug it found before I did.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI RadarThe shell snippet that saves me an hour a weekhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/a-snippet-that-saved-an-hour/https://yakbuild.dev/post/a-snippet-that-saved-an-hour/Twelve lines of zsh that open the right branch, the right ticket and the right logs.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWorkshopSeries: fog over the river, late Octoberhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/fog-over-the-river/https://yakbuild.dev/post/fog-over-the-river/Nine frames from one morning when the far bank disappeared completely.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDarkroomReview: Notes on Slow Softwarehttps://yakbuild.dev/post/notes-on-slow-software/https://yakbuild.dev/post/notes-on-slow-software/A short book with one good idea, repeated well. For team leads more than for developers.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTShelfReview: The Last Printhttps://yakbuild.dev/post/the-last-print/https://yakbuild.dev/post/the-last-print/A beautiful film about projectionists that forgets to tell a story.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCinema