# Tag

AI

3 essays

Learning PathJun 28, 2026

Prompt Engineering: Or, The Art of Yelling at a Black Box Until It Behaves

Let's be real about "prompt engineering." It's less engineering, more like trying to coax a non-deterministic black box with incantations you found on a forum. We've all been there, 3 AM, debugging a prompt that worked yesterday.

Youssef El Hejjioui·8 min
Learning PathJun 26, 2026

The Reluctant 'Handbook' to the Managed Configuration Processor (MCP)

After surviving another config cascade, someone asked for an MCP handbook. Fine. Here's a 'guide' to the Managed Configuration Processor: what it pretends to be, how to poke it, and why it'll still eat your weekend.

Youssef El Hejjioui·5 min
career pathJun 18, 2026

When the System’s Burning: AI as Another Tool, Not a Savior

Forget the AI hype and the LinkedIn gurus. When your logs are screaming at 3 AM and the critical path is crumbling, how do you actually leverage these models? It's about surgical synthesis and targeted pattern recognition, not blindly trusting 'generated' solutions.

Youssef El Hejjioui·7 min