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Writing about AI engineering, system design, and the learning process.

Apr 29, 2026

How AI Actually Answers Your Questions

Most people think AI searches for answers. It does not. This is what is actually happening when you ask something.

AILLMsMachine LearningLearning
Apr 13, 2026

I Tried Building an AI Agent — Here's What Actually Broke

I spent a few days building a basic AI agent from scratch. Not the polished kind you see in demos. Here is what actually happened.

Agentic AIPythonAI EngineeringLearning
Apr 5, 2026

Running LLMs Locally vs API: What I Actually Observed

I tested running LLaMA 3 locally via Ollama against Gemini's free API - same prompts, honest results. Here's what actually changes when you move from API-based models to local ones.

Local LLMsOllamaAI EngineeringGemini API
Mar 5, 2026

From ML Models to AI Systems: What Actually Changes

There's a gap between building models and building AI systems that work in production. Here's what I've learned about what actually matters when you make that shift.

AI EngineeringMachine LearningProduction AILearning
Dec 15, 2025

Agentic AI: Why Autonomous Systems Are the Next Big Shift

Agents aren't just a trend — they represent a fundamental shift in how AI systems operate. Here's what I've learned building and studying autonomous AI systems.

Agentic AILLMsAutomationAI Engineering
Nov 23, 2025

Building a RAG Pipeline from Scratch: What I Learned

A practical walkthrough of building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system — what worked, what didn't, and why RAG is one of the most useful patterns in production AI.

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