Designing an Editorial Workflow for a Practical Engineering Blog
A practical guide to designing Draft, InReview, Approved, and Published states for a small engineering content hub.
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Why AI Should Draft but Not Auto-Publish Technical Content
A product-oriented argument for using AI to draft technical content while keeping publication under human review.
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Building a Local MCP Content Pipeline for HocTat
A lab note on using local MCP tools for research collection and draft creation while keeping publication behind Admin review.
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PostgreSQL Local Development and Neon Production Readiness
A practical guide to using local PostgreSQL while preparing for managed production database readiness.
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Local Docker Validation for a .NET Content Hub
English sample translation for validating the public language switcher, translated slugs, sitemap, RSS, and search behavior.
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