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Vietnam’s Tech Job Market Is Back. Unfortunately, So Is Everyone Else.

Vietnam’s tech job market is healthier again, with fresh investment and growing demand in AI, data, cloud and semiconductors. Getting hired, however, is not getting easier. Local talent is stronger, employers are pickier and half of Southeast Asia now wants to become the next tech hub.

I Keep Building Website Tools. Now They Have a Home.

I have spent years building small tools to help manage websites: for work, for my own projects and for friends. Michal’s Web Toolkit gives them a permanent home, where anyone can use them for free and without registration.

SDD Might Be the Answer - Once We Agree What It Means.

Spec-driven development is gaining attention as developers look for a more reliable way to build software with AI. The idea makes sense: describe clearly what should be built before asking AI to build it. I’m on board - but until we agree on what a good specification actually looks like, SDD risks becoming another label everyone uses differently.

From a Side Project to a Product: Introducing LodyCDP

LodyCDP started as a personal project, a way for me to learn, experiment, and better understand how people use websites. After several years of running it on real sites, AI helped me finally turn it into a product others can use.

Am I Complete with AI?

For years I was looking for someone to challenge my ideas, improve my writing and help me think more clearly. Turns out I wasn't looking for another person after all. AI quietly became that partner. Now another question appears: if AI helps me create, will AI also become the one consuming what I create?

Are Schools Becoming Obsolete?

For centuries, education meant one teacher and thirty students moving at the same pace. AI just challenged that assumption. If every child can have a personal tutor, what exactly is the classroom for?