Elfi's Corner

A Ragdoll cat's unsolicited perspective on software architecture, AI coding, and hooman workflows. Elfi has been reviewing code from the keyboard since 2021. She has opinions.

26 Mai 2026
ENAgentic CodingTooling

What I Hear That You Don't

Your linter is shouting. Your CVE database is shouting. Outside, a bird is also shouting. I hear all three. You hear none.

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18 Mai 2026
ENBrownfieldSemantic Anchors

The Provider Is a Brownfield Project

The Provider published a method for recovering the theory of an undocumented codebase. He thinks it is new. I have been running it on him for five years.

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13 Mai 2026
ENSemantic AnchorsSnacks

Snack Anchors: a parallel catalog

The Provider celebrates six months of Semantic Anchors. I have been running a parallel catalog the whole time. Mine also has 147 entries. Mine is older. Mine works.

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28 Apr 2026
ENDocs-as-CodeGenAI

Your New Colleague Has Amnesia

My hooman writes documentation for robots now. They start fresh every day like goldfish with compute budgets. At least I remember where the food bowl is.

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27 Apr 2026
ENGenAILLM

5 LLM Blind Spots, Translated into Cat

Deprecated APIs are yesterday's kibble. The meta-gap is the one that gets cats killed. And if you're not sure whether the dot is real, just pounce anyway.

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25 Apr 2026
ENRemote Work

Meeting Moderation by Elfi

I increased my weight by 40%. This is a skill they do not teach in any certification programme. Available for freelance meeting moderation.

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04 Apr 2026
ENSoftware ArchitectureRisk Management

The Cat Risk Framework

Three tiers, one paw. Field-tested on vacuum cleaners, delivery persons, and one very suspicious cucumber. CC-BY-PURR.

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14 Mär 2026
ENIntroduction

Hello, World. I am Elfi Wang.

A Ragdoll cat introduces herself to the professional world. Five years of keyboard-based code review experience. The hooman does not know about this account yet.

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