Writing.
Essays on the systems I build, the models I work with, and the craft of making software that serious teams depend on.
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April 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Stop Prompting. Start Engineering.
Most developers use AI coding tools the way they use a search engine. Boris Cherny’s framework replaces that guesswork with environment design, context isolation, and automated verification.
AI · Claude Code · Developer Tools · Agentic AI
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January 23, 2026 · 11 min read
Training and Inference Generation process of LLM
An easy, farmer-friendly walk-through of how an LLM is trained (by learning patterns from lots of text) and how it later answers your question (by predicting the next small piece of text, one step at a time).
AI Basics · Tokenization · LLM · Inference
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January 19, 2026 · 8 min read
Choosing the Right AI System: Simple Models, Reliable Workflows, and Smart Agents
Not all AI works the same way. Some answer once and stop. Some follow strict instructions. Others think, adjust, and try again. This guide explains AI system designs in plain language—so you can choose wisely, not blindly.
AI · LLMs · Agentic AI · System Design
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January 16, 2026 · 30 minutes
Building a Live Job Search Agent with Strands, Ollama, and MCP
A step-by-step guide to building a live job-search AI agent using Strands for orchestration, Ollama for local inference, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to access real-time data from Dice without hardcoded APIs.
AI · Ollama · MCP · Python
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October 21, 2025 · 11 min read
The Magic of Shrinking AI: From Giants to Specialists
How massive AI models are compressed into fast, efficient specialists—and why both giants and small models still matter.
AI Basics · Quantization · SLM · LLM
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October 18, 2025 · 8 min read
Small Language Models (SLMs): Why Smaller is Often Smarter
In the AI world, we’ve been told that bigger is always better. But for most businesses, a massive model is overkill. Here is why Small Language Models (SLMs) are becoming the secret weapon for real-world applications.
AI · Machine Learning · SLM · LLM
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October 16, 2025 · 4 min read
The Genius of Cheat Sheets: Understanding LoRA Fine-Tuning
How do you teach a giant AI new tricks without spending a fortune? Let's debug the magic of Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) using the power of 'cheat sheets'.
GenAI · Machine Learning · MLOps · Fine-Tuning
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August 10, 2025 · 4 min read
More Than a Mariner: The 250-Year-Old Standard for Leadership
Exploring the famous 'Qualities of a Naval Officer' attributed to John Paul Jones, and why its core message on character and critical thinking is more relevant today than ever.
Leadership · History · Principles · Management
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May 23, 2025 · 5 min read
The Great Naming Bug: Why Greenland is Icy and Iceland is Green
Is it a historical marketing trick or a climate anomaly? Let's debug the mystery behind the names of these two North Atlantic neighbors.
Nature · History · Climate · Trivia