Phicks BlogSoftware engineering thoughts and projectshttps://personal.phickstran.com/en-usMythos and the new coding paradigmhttps://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/apr/mythos-and-the-end-of-opensource/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/apr/mythos-and-the-end-of-opensource/Anthropic released Claude Mythos exclusively to big corporates first. What does that mean for open source?Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding a collection of animated React componentshttps://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/apr/react-component-collection/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/apr/react-component-collection/Why I built a personal library of visual and animated React components — inspired by X, OpenProcessing, and creative coding — and how it helps me ideate faster.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCan Opus 4.5 agent do real world research qualitative analysis?https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/feb/claude-do-qualitative-analysis/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/feb/claude-do-qualitative-analysis/I tested Claude Opus 4.5 on real HCI qualitative research - thematic analysis, coding transcripts, and generating codebooks. Here's what actually happened.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTVector database in Convex?https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/convex-vector-db/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/convex-vector-db/Comparing the performance and feasibility of convex vector database with qdrant, and postgres with vector extension.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTDon't trust the processhttps://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/dont-trust-the-process/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/dont-trust-the-process/In this era, we can't trust the process anymore, at Anthropic, we are rewriting the process right now- Jenny Wen.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAstro might be my new favourite frameworkhttps://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/astro-framework/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2026/jan/astro-framework/Why I switched from React to Astro for my blog - zero JavaScript by default, incredible docs, and sub-14KB bundles for better performance.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMicroservice is a sociotechnical problemshttps://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2025/dec/microservice-problems/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2025/dec/microservice-problems/Key insights from a DoorDash principal engineer on when to use microservices - why they create tech debt and when monoliths scale better.Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTImpression of Claude Opus 4.5https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2025/nov/claude-opus-impression/https://personal.phickstran.com/blog/2025/nov/claude-opus-impression/This is a personal perspective view of model, it might be biased so you should try it yourself for your own use case.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT