by Robert Sarvis | Feb 15, 2026 | Featured, Insights |
Migrating between language or tooling versions is universally recognized as a tricky thing to do. I recently wrapped up a project to migrate a legacy application from Java 8 to a newer Java LTS version. Now… don’t go running for the hills, I said, recently wrapped... by Robert Sarvis | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, Insights |
Why Tuist Might Be Your New Favorite Xcode Tool If you ask any developer who has spent longer than five minutes in Xcode what they think of Xcode, be prepared to duck under the inevitable barrage of vitriol you’ll get in return. It’s basically an industry requirement... by Robert Sarvis | Jan 16, 2026 | Featured, Insights |
Native Mobile vs Cross-Platform: Is There Still a Place for Native Apps? The argument between writing native mobile applications and building cross-platform apps has existed since the first cross-platform tools appeared. These frameworks were designed to reduce... by Robert Sarvis | Dec 24, 2025 | Featured, Insights |
The Results Let me start with the punchline: Metric Base Phi-3-Mini After 60 Hours Training Delta Pass@10 100% 0% -100% Overall Pass Rate 60% 0% -60% Total Solutions 18/30 0/30 -18% I did not just fail to improve the model. I took a working Go code generator and... by Robert Sarvis | Dec 16, 2025 | Featured, Insights |
Running a Local Inference Server on a Budget: Is It Actually Possible? After blowing through 25 million tokens in just two weeks on a project using Factory.ai’s Droid tool, not including the 0.25x multiplier, I started seriously questioning the economics of... 
