THE NOTEBOOK / TIMOTHY OMOTAYO

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Backend systems, AI, open source, and the responsibility that comes with building software.

AI and open source: infinite contributions, finite maintainers

Engineering · October 7, 2026 · 10 min read

The LLM firewall: what it catches, and what gets through

Engineering · June 17, 2026 · 13 min read

Ethics in the architecture

GBV & ethics · April 30, 2026 · 7 min read

The AWS VPC field manual: a layered guide

Engineering · April 20, 2026 · 18 min read

Serverless and CI/CD: a payments stack walkthrough

Engineering · April 20, 2026 · 16 min read

An observability baseline before the first incident

Engineering · April 15, 2026 · 12 min read