Software Engineer/Architect-distributed systems, cloud-native, system design, platform engineering, golang, kubernetes http://www.mfranc.com/ Sat, 02 May 2026 16:16:04 +0000 Sat, 02 May 2026 16:16:04 +0000 Jekyll v3.10.0 What started as a weekend dictation script somehow turned into me building a Kotlin app for my Galaxy Watch, a Tamagotchi-like bot on my phone, and a full personal assistant I talk to from the couch. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/speaking-to-ai-agent-ended-up-with-tamagochi/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/speaking-to-ai-agent-ended-up-with-tamagochi/ claude-code ai speech-to-text kotlin tech Thouhgts on the impact of AI and LLMS on the work of Software Engineers Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/ai-2026/ ai career Career Fourth part of the series. Calling conventions deep dive. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internal-sorting-part4/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internal-sorting-part4/ assembler .net Tech Third part of the series. Discussing managed vs unmanaged world and how does communication happen between them. Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part3 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part3 .net Tech Second part of the series. Getting into Array.Sort details and first look at TrySZSort function. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part2/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part2/ .net Tech Dive into .NET internals and explore List.Sort source code. Discussing Enumeration, state management and internal implementation of the list and Sort. Mon, 28 May 2018 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part1/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-sorting-part1/ .net Tech Mon, 28 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-journey-sort/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/net-internals-journey-sort/ .net Article Why Eric Evans book bored me to death? And why I think that code is useless. My thoughts on engineer learning process from a technical minded person to a balanced tech / business focused professional. An important post for every engineer to read. Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/evolution-of-engineer/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/evolution-of-engineer/ career Career Interesting code review of less complex code. Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/code-review-one/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/code-review-one/ code-review archive tech Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.mfranc.com/blog/docker-containers-communication/ http://www.mfranc.com/blog/docker-containers-communication/ docker archive tech