Writing

Technical writing, documentation work, and research notes.

Current essays live on Bearblog. This page keeps the broader archive readable: documentation systems, DevOps, platform engineering, JavaScript, AI, and research workflows.

Active blog

Current notes and essays live on Bear. umoren.dev keeps the index and professional archive.

sammai.bearblog.dev

Bearblog

Primary blog for current writing.

Beyond Code

Hashnode

Older technical blog covering JavaScript, DevOps, and infrastructure.

DEV profile

DEV Community

Developer-community publishing archive.

Medium profile

Medium

Older essays, including Christian reflections and early public writing.

Documentation and platform engineering

Long-form guides and documentation systems for developer tools.

Ory documentation

Ory

Welcome and quickstart documentation for identity, OAuth2, and permissions.

Implementing Backstage: Core Components

Kosli

Backstage implementation guide with demo context for platform teams.

MonoConnect SDK docs

Mintlify

Structured SDK documentation with framework-specific guides.

Documentation portfolio

Portfolio

Selected documentation case studies and documentation philosophy.

Faith and personal essays

Christian writing and reflections that sit outside the technical archive.

Nevertheless Press

Primary faith writing

Christian essays and reflections.

What Is In Your Hands?

Medium

A Christian essay from my older Medium archive.

Jesus Calls You Friend

Medium

A Christian essay from my older Medium archive.

DevOps and infrastructure

Practical guides for Docker, testing, APIs, and infrastructure workflows.

Using Docker Init in Node.js

Earthly

Container setup guide for Node.js developers.

Speedscale vs WireMock

Speedscale

API mocking and traffic replay comparison.

Socket Firewall supply-chain setup

Local draft

Supply-chain security notes and terminal walkthroughs.

JavaScript and frontend

Earlier writing on JavaScript, Node.js, frontend frameworks, and web development.

Why Fastify is Better Than Express

Soshace

Early framework comparison with 100K+ reads.

Host and Deploy a React Static Website on AWS

Writing archive

Frontend deployment and AWS static hosting material.

JavaScript, DevOps, and infrastructure notes

Beyond Code

Older public writing surface.

AI and research notes

Current direction: applied AI engineering, research systems, and agentic software.

You do not need a MacBook to do applied AI engineering

Bearblog

Applied AI engineering essay from current writing direction.

The AI integration layer is becoming the new backend

X Article

Category piece on context sync, permission-aware retrieval, tool execution, model routing, observability, governance, and auditability.

Research OS with depth

Draft

Notes on evidence systems and research workflows.