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Ivan
Senior Engineer at StepTo, cloud-native architecture, DevOps automation, and the intersection of AI tools with real-world software delivery.
Ivan
Senior Engineer
Ivan is a senior full-stack engineer at StepTo with a focus on cloud-native architecture, DevOps automation, and engineering team dynamics. He covers the intersection of agentic AI tools and real-world software delivery, from how teams adopt AI coding assistants to the organizational shifts that follow.
Cloud ArchitectureDevOpsEngineering LeadershipAI Adoption
Articles by Ivan (16)
- How Long From Signed Contract to First Sprint With a Nearshore Team? · 6 min read
- The Agency Delivered. Now What? How to Own, Maintain, and Scale Software You Didn't Build · 7 min read
- How to Choose a Software Development Agency in 2026 (Without Getting Burned) · 6 min read
- The AI Invoice Nobody Budgeted For: How API Costs Became Engineering's Fastest-Growing Line Item in 2026 · 9 min read
- Passes Tests, Breaks in Production: The Hidden Debugging Tax on Your AI Productivity Gains · 9 min read
- The AI Washing Scandal: Why Q1 2026's Tech Layoffs Aren't What Companies Are Claiming · 9 min read
- The Forum Is Broken: What Reddit's Community Collapse Means for How Engineering Teams Learn in 2026 · 9 min read
- The Hiring Loop Is Broken: How AI Tools Destroyed the Coding Test, and What Engineering Leaders Are Using Instead · 10 min read
- Your DORA Scores Look Great. Your Engineering Team Is Still Stuck. Here's Why. · 9 min read
- Comprehension Debt: The AI Code Crisis Your Metrics Are Completely Missing · 9 min read
- The Specification Is the Source Code: Why Spec-Driven Development Is the Next Outsourcing Skill Gap · 9 min read
- Working at Machine Speed: The AI Burnout Crisis Hitting the Developers Who Adopted It Most · 9 min read
- MCP and the Protocol Layer: How Model Context Protocol Is Quietly Rewriting Software Architecture in 2026 · 9 min read
- Platform Engineering Is Eating DevOps: What the Shift Means for How You Build and Outsource in 2026 · 9 min read
- The Vibe Coding Hangover: What the AI Code Quality Crisis Means for How You Build Software in 2026 · 9 min read
- The AI Technical Debt Time Bomb: What Engineering Leaders Aren't Measuring · 9 min read
