Ismat Samadov — Tech & Data Blog https://www.ismatsamadov.com Articles on AI, ML, data engineering, and analytics en <![CDATA[The Staff Engineer Trap: Why the Best ICs Get Promoted Into Misery]]> https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/staff-engineer-trap-promoted-misery https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/staff-engineer-trap-promoted-misery Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Testing LLM Applications Is Nothing Like Testing Regular Software — Here's What Actually Works]]> https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/testing-llm-applications-what-works https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/testing-llm-applications-what-works Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Terraform Is Legacy Now — Pulumi, CDKTF, and the Infrastructure-as-Real-Code Movement]]> https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/terraform-legacy-pulumi-cdktf-iac https://www.ismatsamadov.com/blog/terraform-legacy-pulumi-cdktf-iac Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[OpenTelemetry Is Eating Datadog's Lunch — The Open-Source Observability Stack in 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