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John Munn

Head of Development | đź›  20+ Years in Software | đź§  Building Better Teams with AI & RPGs

Location Halifax, Nova Scoita Joined Joined on  Personal website https://www.johnmunn.tech github website
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Yes, You Have to Play Office Politics - Because Your Team Can’t Afford for You Not To

Yes, You Have to Play Office Politics - Because Your Team Can’t Afford for You Not To

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Design Patterns After the Singularity: Rethinking the Gang of Four for an AI-Driven Stack

Design Patterns After the Singularity: Rethinking the Gang of Four for an AI-Driven Stack

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The Scaling Gauntlet, Pt. 2: Connection Pooling and How to Stop DDoSing Yourself

The Scaling Gauntlet, Pt. 2: Connection Pooling and How to Stop DDoSing Yourself

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The Fluency Fallacy: Why AI Sounds Right But Thinks Wrong

The Fluency Fallacy: Why AI Sounds Right But Thinks Wrong

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Microservices Without the Madness - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Monolith

Microservices Without the Madness - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Monolith

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Before You Reach for a Tool, Ask: Can CSS Do This Already?

Before You Reach for a Tool, Ask: Can CSS Do This Already?

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The Anatomy of a Cursor Prompt

The Anatomy of a Cursor Prompt

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The Scaling Gauntlet: The Art of Query Archaeology

The Scaling Gauntlet: The Art of Query Archaeology

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The Temperature Trap: Why Your AI Keeps Giving the Same Wrong Answer

The Temperature Trap: Why Your AI Keeps Giving the Same Wrong Answer

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When Modern Frameworks Fail, These 6 Patterns Save the Day

When Modern Frameworks Fail, These 6 Patterns Save the Day

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Kubernetes Without the Kool-Aid - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the YAML

Kubernetes Without the Kool-Aid - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the YAML

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Infrastructure as Code Isn’t About Speed. It’s About Trust

Infrastructure as Code Isn’t About Speed. It’s About Trust

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The End-to-End Principle: Why Your Smart Infrastructure Is Making Systems Dumber

The End-to-End Principle: Why Your Smart Infrastructure Is Making Systems Dumber

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The Context Window Illusion: Why Your 128K Tokens Aren’t Working

The Context Window Illusion: Why Your 128K Tokens Aren’t Working

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Stop Saying 'Technical Debt' — Start Speaking Product

Stop Saying 'Technical Debt' — Start Speaking Product

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The Developer's Secret Weapon: Your Daily Logbook

The Developer's Secret Weapon: Your Daily Logbook

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Docker Without the Hype - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Whale

Docker Without the Hype - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Whale

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How to Tell When You're Ready for More Technical Challenges

How to Tell When You're Ready for More Technical Challenges

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Token Efficiency Traps: The Hidden Costs of Zero-Shot vs. Few-Shot Prompting

Token Efficiency Traps: The Hidden Costs of Zero-Shot vs. Few-Shot Prompting

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How Junior Developers Actually Stand Out to Leadership

How Junior Developers Actually Stand Out to Leadership

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Why Your AI Outputs Are Wrong: The Hidden Impact of Tokenization

Why Your AI Outputs Are Wrong: The Hidden Impact of Tokenization

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Cursor Faces Dev Backlash as VS Code Launches Open-Source AI Tool

Cursor Faces Dev Backlash as VS Code Launches Open-Source AI Tool

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Max Mode in Cursor: Power, Access, and Missing Controls

Max Mode in Cursor: Power, Access, and Missing Controls

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Catching Secrets Early: A Lightweight Build-Time Tripwire for Vite

Catching Secrets Early: A Lightweight Build-Time Tripwire for Vite

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Cursor AI Security - Deep Dive into Risk, Policy, and Practice

Cursor AI Security - Deep Dive into Risk, Policy, and Practice

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