The Mahathix Blog

Field Notes from the Team Building Modern Software.

AI, engineering, design, product — short reads on what's actually working in 2026.

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AI & ML

A Practical Primer on AI Video Generation & Editing in 2026

What's finally production-ready, what still needs a human, and how to build an AI video pipeline that saves real time.

Oct 24, 2026 8 min read
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Engineering

Why We Chose Astro + SolidJS for Marketing Sites

A pragmatic look at the stack we now reach for by default — the trade-offs, the wins, and the one thing we miss from Next.js.

Oct 18, 2026 6 min read
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Design

How a Three-Person Team Built a Design System in Six Weeks

No full-time designer, no custom Figma plugin. A pragmatic design system that your team actually uses.

Oct 11, 2026 5 min read
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Design

Scroll Animations That Feel Native, Not Novelty

Lenis + GSAP + ScrollTrigger — a short field guide to using scroll animation on marketing sites without being annoying.

Oct 4, 2026 5 min read
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Product

The Roadmap Format That Actually Survives Contact With Reality

Why we abandoned quarterly OKRs for rolling six-week bets — and what we learned shipping it to clients.

Sep 27, 2026 7 min read
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Engineering

DevOps For Teams That Do Not Have a DevOps Team

A boring, battle-tested setup for the first 20 engineers. Three services, zero PagerDuty incidents, under $200/mo.

Sep 20, 2026 6 min read
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