Nikolay Shurkalin - Notes from productionPractical notes on software architecture, production reliability, AI coding workflows, and product systems.https://shurkalin.com/enArchitecture review before scaling a connected producthttps://shurkalin.com/notes/architecture-review-before-scaling-connected-product/https://shurkalin.com/notes/architecture-review-before-scaling-connected-product/What to review across devices, mobile applications, cloud services, telemetry, and operations before a connected product scales.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat a technical cofounder should decide before the first engineering hirehttps://shurkalin.com/notes/technical-cofounder-before-first-engineering-hire/https://shurkalin.com/notes/technical-cofounder-before-first-engineering-hire/The product, architecture, delivery, and ownership decisions a technical cofounder should make before growing an early engineering team.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechnical cofounder, founding engineer, or software architect?https://shurkalin.com/notes/technical-cofounder-founding-engineer-or-architect/https://shurkalin.com/notes/technical-cofounder-founding-engineer-or-architect/A practical guide for founders choosing between a technical cofounder, a founding engineer, and a fixed-scope software architecture engagement.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow I use AI agents without outsourcing engineering judgmenthttps://shurkalin.com/notes/ai-agents-architecture-workflow/https://shurkalin.com/notes/ai-agents-architecture-workflow/A practical AI-assisted architecture workflow using Codex, Claude Code, independent reviewers, evidence, and explicit human decision points.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe backend is where product decisions become realhttps://shurkalin.com/notes/backend-product-decisions/https://shurkalin.com/notes/backend-product-decisions/Why unclear product behavior eventually shows up as queues, retries, state, and edge cases.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTA practical AI coding workflow with Codex, Claude Code, and reusable skillshttps://shurkalin.com/notes/codex-claude-code-skills-workflow/https://shurkalin.com/notes/codex-claude-code-skills-workflow/How reusable skills, repository guidance, specialized agents, and review gates make AI-assisted engineering repeatable rather than improvisational.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom demo to production: what usually breaks firsthttps://shurkalin.com/notes/demo-to-production/https://shurkalin.com/notes/demo-to-production/A practical map of the first reliability, workflow, and observability gaps I look for.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDiscipline beats talent in production workhttps://shurkalin.com/notes/discipline-production-work/https://shurkalin.com/notes/discipline-production-work/Why reliable systems come from boring loops: clear boundaries, observability, review points, and follow-through.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat I want to see before I trust an AI workflowhttps://shurkalin.com/notes/trusting-ai-workflows/https://shurkalin.com/notes/trusting-ai-workflows/Evals, observability, review points, and the places where human judgment should stay explicit.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT