The Human in the Loop: Designing Approval-Based AI SystemsHello guys, it’s been quite a while. I think this is my third article this year, and honestly, I’ve missed writing here. Recently, I had the opportunity to give a virtual talk at SailsConf 2026 titled11A3d ago · 9 min readvinyldavyl.hashnode.dev
I Thought I Needed a Database. Then I Needed Cloudflare's Durable ObjectsThere is a particular kind of engineering problem I really enjoy. The kind where you start with: “This should be easy.” And three hours later you’re reading documentation for a technology you didn’t32KOct 1 · 7 min readvinyldavyl.hashnode.dev
AI Agents Are Only Half the Product: Building User-Facing Agentic Applications with AG-UIHi everyone. It has been a while. This is my first article of the year, which feels slightly strange to write out loud. The year has been moving quickly, and I have mostly been busy building, shipping42KAug 24 · 11 min readvinyldavyl.hashnode.dev
Migrating 120k+ Lines of Legacy Banking JavaScript to TypeScript with Zero DowntimeMigrating a large-scale production application is never a small decision especially when the application in question is powering wallet operations, bill payments and crypto-to-fiat conversions. For context, the system I worked on had grown beyond 120...Sep 23, 2025 · 7 min readvinyldavyl.hashnode.dev
Google Summer of Code: Getting Selected, My Time, My Experience, My Journey.Beginnings in Engineering and Passion for Creation I am David Okononfua, and I majored in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Nigeria. Growing up, I always had a penchant for building things, whether it was a small contraption or a digital prod...Dec 28, 2024 · 9 min readvinyldavyl.hashnode.dev
