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Technical thinking, not content marketing cosplay.

Short essays about architecture, AI systems, publishing infrastructure, and the weird places where software complexity quietly mutates into organizational complexity.

Technical note

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How we reduced Mermaid rendering from three seconds to under 200 ms

May 13, 2026By Simon Zajdela

A small architectural change: instead of starting Mermaid CLI and a fresh Chromium instance for every diagram, keep one warm browser process alive and call mermaid.render directly.

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Strategic note

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AI as an execution layer: why one builder can now operate like a small team

May 10, 2026By Simon Zajdela

AI is not only a faster way to write code or content. It changes the distance between an idea and a working iteration.

A focused builder workstation surrounded by coordinated AI-assisted execution streams.

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Systems note

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Vibe coding as an architectural feedback loop

May 8, 2026By Simon Zajdela

How an AI agent can become a sensor for architectural friction, not just a faster autocomplete, but a collaborator for context, decisions, and safe execution.

A developer facing an abstract code map where an AI agent detects architectural friction.

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Technical note

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Why a Litepress Markdown extension has two parts

May 6, 2026By Simon Zajdela

On separating editor UX, SSR, validation, preview styles, and AI help in semantic Markdown extensions.

One semantic content block splitting into synchronized editor and backend runtime lanes.

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Technical note

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Markdown as a semantic runtime, not a text format

May 4, 2026By Simon Zajdela

Why a Markdown block in Litepress is not just an HTML shortcut, but a structured signal for the renderer, editor, integrations, consent, and AI workflow.

Markdown-like content blocks becoming a semantic runtime graph for publishing.

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Technical note

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AI-native authoring: when the editor understands its own language

May 3, 2026By Simon Zajdela

Why AI in Litepress is not a chat beside the editor, but an MCP-assisted workflow where the agent reads current Markdown instructions based on enabled extensions and integrations.

A structured editor, system rule registry, and AI context layer connected in a publishing workflow.

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Technical note

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When the CMS becomes bigger than the problem

May 1, 2026By Simon Zajdela

Litepress as a technical response to CMS complexity, plugin archaeology, and publishing workflows that become heavier than the content itself.

A tangled CMS plugin system resolving into a smaller structured publishing pipeline.

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