AI & Engineering · 7 min
Multilingual RAG, Where the Languages Are Code
Code is many languages plus an identifier dialect tokenizers shred. Use code-specialized embeddings, identifier-aware retrieval, and structure-aware chunking.
Writing
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AI & Engineering · 7 min
Agentic Workflows That Don't Spiral Out of Control
Reliable agents come from control, not capability. Cap turns and time, push predictable steps into a state machine, and keep a human on the irreversible ones.
AI & Engineering · 6 min
Choosing a Vector Database: Benchmarks from My Own Workloads
Every vector DB benchmark was run on someone else's data. Benchmark your own vector count, dimensions, and — above all — your real filtering pattern.
Random · 1 min
A weekend spent over-engineering my coffee
Over-engineering my coffee with scales, brew ratios, and spreadsheets taught me the real optimum was just paying attention: a lesson in optimization's limits.
AI & Engineering · 7 min
The Hallucination Problem: What Reduced Ours, What Didn't
Most LLM hallucination is a retrieval failure in disguise. Fix the context first, force citations, and give the model a sanctioned way to say 'I don't know.'
AI & Engineering · 7 min
Cutting LLM Inference Cost ~40% Without Losing Quality
Inference cost optimization is a measurement problem in disguise. Fix the quality metric first, then trim context, route models, and cache the stable prefix.
AI & Engineering · 6 min
RAG vs Fine-Tuning vs Long Context: My Decision Framework
'Should we fine-tune?' is usually the wrong first question. Ask instead: is the gap knowledge or behavior, and how often does the answer change?
Sports · 3 min
The Ground Beneath My Game: What a Ball Taught Me About Life
I'm no CR7, but football taught me resilience, consistency, and how to rewrite my own story: ten lessons from the pitch that carry far beyond the game.
Random · 5 min
The Relentless Power of Minimalism: How Owning Less Can Bring an Infinite Surge in Life
How owning less gave me more: minimalism cleared my mental bandwidth, cut the clutter and stress, and made room for the experiences that actually matter.
Random · 4 min
Two Decades and a Few: The Story of Me
Lessons from 24 years of trying everything (design, startups, sports, travel, and failure) and why curiosity and the journey beat the destination.