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Learn engineering.Write it down.Go deeper.

Articles and working notes on building and understanding real systems.

Writing

The heart of LearnWithSK — polished articles, plus the working notes behind them.

Polished engineering articles, written for other engineers.

Sep 14, 2026
Build, Break & Operate — a Ship Boring build-in-public series
Seven years building platforms on in-house tooling, rebuilt on vanilla Kubernetes in public: build it, break it deliberately, then you've earned the right to operate it.
Sep 8, 2026
Stop Collecting Skills. Build a Skill Stack.
The goal isn't to learn everything. It's to become good at solving problems that actually matter.
Sep 7, 2026
AI Can Help Us Move Faster, But It Can't Replace Good Engineering
AI is changing how we build and operate software. But as the tools get smarter, understanding what we are building and knowing when something is wrong becomes even more important.

Working notes — what I’m currently learning, building, testing, breaking, or reconsidering.

Sep 7, 2026
A Good Day of Building and Learning
Refreshing programming fundamentals, making progress on a side project, and giving LearnWithSK its own identity.

A Ship Boring build-in-public series

Follow a platform build in public. 1 post so far · latest: Build, Break & Operate — a Ship Boring build-in-public series

SK — I learn engineering by building real systems, and I publish what I learn. The writing and the working notes all live here.