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Jakkie Koekemoer

Director of Engineering at Draft.dev with 25+ years in systems architecture, data engineering, and team building. Focused on scalable platforms, data governance, and AI-powered developer tooling.

Location Cape Town Joined Joined on  Personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakkie-koekemoer-1636a8125/

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Director of Engineering at Draft.dev

Zero-Downtime Domain Migration: A Developer's Automation Playbook for DNS, Email, and Rollback
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Zero-Downtime Domain Migration: A Developer's Automation Playbook for DNS, Email, and Rollback

#dns #webdev
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Document Workflow Automation: An Architectural Guide to Building API-Driven Document Pipelines
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Document Workflow Automation: An Architectural Guide to Building API-Driven Document Pipelines

#webdev #python #api #devops
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The Complete Guide to CNAME Records: Zone Apex Limitations, ANAME Records, and Common Pitfalls
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The Complete Guide to CNAME Records: Zone Apex Limitations, ANAME Records, and Common Pitfalls

#cname #webdev #dns #devops
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How to Build a Domain Registration Integration with Python and the name.com API
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How to Build a Domain Registration Integration with Python and the name.com API

#api #python #howto
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Document Generation API: How to Automate Personalized Document Creation at Scale
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Document Generation API: How to Automate Personalized Document Creation at Scale

#api
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Dynamic Data Masking: Use Cases, Limitations, and What to Do Instead
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Dynamic Data Masking: Use Cases, Limitations, and What to Do Instead

#data #dataengineering
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Automate DNS Management with the name.com API
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Automate DNS Management with the name.com API

#dns #api
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Why Developers Feel Unproductive Even When They're Shipping
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Why Developers Feel Unproductive Even When They're Shipping

#productivity #ai
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AI is Killing the "Junior" Role. Here is How We Save It.
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AI is Killing the "Junior" Role. Here is How We Save It.

#ai #developer
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"LGTM": Are We Reviewing Code or Just Rubber Stamping It?
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"LGTM": Are We Reviewing Code or Just Rubber Stamping It?

#coding #programming #productivity
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Copilot vs. Cursor vs. Reality: Why 59% of Developers Use Both (And Then Some)
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Copilot vs. Cursor vs. Reality: Why 59% of Developers Use Both (And Then Some)

#githubcopilot #ai #webdev
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Why I Ignore DORA Metrics (And What I Track Instead)
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Why I Ignore DORA Metrics (And What I Track Instead)

#productivity #devops
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Why Your Staging Environment is Lying to You (And How Anonymization Fixes It)
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Why Your Staging Environment is Lying to You (And How Anonymization Fixes It)

#security #privacy #devops
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Rank Tracking in the Age of AI Overviews: What's Changed
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Rank Tracking in the Age of AI Overviews: What's Changed

#seo #ai #analytics
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The "Uncanny Valley" of AI Code: Why Hybrid PRs Are Harder to Review Than Pure AI or Pure Human Code
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The "Uncanny Valley" of AI Code: Why Hybrid PRs Are Harder to Review Than Pure AI or Pure Human Code

#ai #codereview #devex
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