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All Nuvika Blog posts tagged “Engineering”.
Engineering
Azure's Support API won't let you file any ticket - including an SLA refund claim - without a paid support plan. Why some "bugs" are policies, and how to detect the entitlement gate early.
Engineering
A query that worked on PostgreSQL detonated on SQLite with 'str' object has no attribute 'hex'. Why the strict test database did us a favor, and converting types at the boundary.
Engineering
A GitHub Actions step gated on secrets.X != '' silently never ran - the secrets context isn't reliably visible in a step-level if:. Launder it through a job-level env flag instead.
Engineering
A runtime env-var fix that worked every time and broke every deploy. Why imperative patches to a declaratively-owned Cloud Run service have a half-life of exactly one deployment.
Engineering
A long-lived git worktree was quietly running on a months-old copy of CLAUDE.md. Why copies don't subscribe to updates, and the discipline that prevents silent context drift.
Engineering
A technical founder's honest account of shipping a complex multi-provider feature: what we designed, what we got wrong in code review, and what we'd do differently.
AI
How we used Claude Code to implement, review, and verify a complete feature end-to-end - TDD, subagent-driven development, two-stage code review. What worked, what surprised us.
Cloud
The rule engine architecture behind Fintropy's cost optimisation scans - deterministic Tier 1 rules, AI-assisted Tier 2 rules, and a registry that auto-discovers both.
Engineering
The error handling design behind Fintropy's auto-claim filing - why a filing failure must never break a breach resolution, and how we guarantee it.