Machine Learning
RAG vs Fine-Tuning Explained: What They Really Do and When to Use Each
July 12, 2026
RAG vs Fine-Tuning Explained: What They Really Do and When to Use Each
I've written a lot about RAG, starting with a Hitchhiker's guide to RAG with the ChatGPT API and LangChain, then…
How to schedule 100+ agents with Claude Code
July 12, 2026
How to schedule 100+ agents with Claude Code
I will discuss how to program multiple different agents using Claude Code and any other coding agents. When working with…
Long Context Isn’t Free — I Built a Safe Prompt-Pruning Layer That Makes LLM Systems Work
July 11, 2026
Long Context Isn’t Free — I Built a Safe Prompt-Pruning Layer That Makes LLM Systems Work
I’ve worked on, conversation state tends to grow quickly over time. It’s common to resend large portions of the history…
That Is Embarrassing: Why Frontier AI Still Makes Things Up, and What to Do About It
July 11, 2026
That Is Embarrassing: Why Frontier AI Still Makes Things Up, and What to Do About It
on my talk “Embarrassing AI.” If you prefer the video, watch it here. All the stories below are real, all of…
I Built My Second ETL Pipeline. This Time, I Started Thinking Like a Data Engineer
July 10, 2026
I Built My Second ETL Pipeline. This Time, I Started Thinking Like a Data Engineer
, I decided I wanted to transition from data analyst to data engineer. Like many people starting out, I was…
PySpark for Beginners: Building Intermediate-Level Skills
July 10, 2026
PySpark for Beginners: Building Intermediate-Level Skills
my first two articles in this series, you’ve already covered a lot of ground. You know how to create a…
RAG Was Always a Part-Time Job. What's Next?
July 10, 2026
RAG Was Always a Part-Time Job. What's Next?
1. The Big Bad Interpretation favorite RAG system. Very close. Somewhere within that intricately constructed pipeline, the language model produces…
The Big Con of Agentic AI
July 10, 2026
The Big Con of Agentic AI
latest wave of articles, opinion pieces, and forecasts from consultants and AI vendors, all confidently predicting the imminent takeover of…
Behind the Scenes of Distributed Training and Why Your GPU Wiring Matters as Much as Your Strategy
July 9, 2026
Behind the Scenes of Distributed Training and Why Your GPU Wiring Matters as Much as Your Strategy
is straightforward. You load the weights, load the data, and wait for it to finish. For most models, that’s fine,…
How to Find the Encoding Agent Interface
July 9, 2026
How to Find the Encoding Agent Interface
working with your coding agents is very important. There are many different options to try, and they all have an…