JOURNAL / LIGHTOUCH

Insights and notes.

Thoughts on AI, software engineering and product experiences, drawn from everyday observation and practice.

AI news

From multimodal AI to agents: a turning point for applications

Multimodal capabilities and agent frameworks are taking AI applications from answering questions to understanding context, breaking down tasks and completing work.

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Engineering

Designing scalable event-driven architecture

Key considerations for event-driven architecture, from event modeling, idempotency and retries to observability and evolution.

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Product notes

Creator Widget 2.0: motion and widget updates

Refining motion, widget hierarchy and data presentation around creators’ daily routines, making growth information calmer and clearer.

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