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Deep-dive engineering content on AI architecture, automation patterns, and software development. Step-by-step tutorials from the team that builds production systems.
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AISoftwareIntermediate
TPU v8 vs Blackwell: How AI Silicon Is Splitting Into Training and Inference Chips
Training and inference need different silicon. TPU v8t/v8i architecture, comparison to Blackwell's unified design, and per-token cost implications.
May 16, 20263 min read
AISoftwareAdvanced
Compressed Sparse Attention: How DeepSeek V4 Reached 1M Context at 27% of the FLOPs
DeepSeek V4 hits 1M context at 27% of V3.2's per-token compute. How Compressed Sparse Attention and Heavily Compressed Attention combine to do it.
May 13, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
KV Cache: The Hidden Memory Wall in LLM Inference
The KV cache memory wall in LLM inference: the math behind long context costs and architectural solutions (GQA, MQA, MLA, paged attention).
May 12, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Small MoE Models: How Sparse Routing Makes Efficient AI Possible
Small-scale Mixture of Experts: sparse routing lets 47B models match 70B dense equivalents. Mixtral, DeepSeek-MoE, Phi-MoE, efficiency math.
Mar 4, 20263 min read
AIIntermediate
AI Video: From Diffusion to Directors
How AI video generation works: diffusion foundations, temporal modeling, audio sync, and the multimodal architectures behind Seedance 2.0.
Feb 23, 20263 min read
AIFundamentals
How AI Benchmarks Actually Work
The benchmarks behind AI model claims: SWE-bench, ARC-AGI-2, GPQA Diamond, and more. What they measure, how they work, and what they miss.
Feb 22, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Agentic AI Architecture Patterns
A guide to agentic AI patterns: ReAct loops, tool-use protocols, multi-step planning, memory, and multi-agent coordination in production.
Feb 21, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Mixture of Experts: Sparse AI Architectures
MoE architectures explained: gating mechanisms, expert routing, load balancing, and why sparse models deliver frontier AI at fraction cost.
Feb 20, 20263 min read
AISoftwareAdvanced
Foundations of Transformer Reasoning
A technical deep-dive into transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, scaling laws, and emerging techniques for reliable AI reasoning.
Feb 3, 20263 min read
AISoftwareFundamentals
Taxonomy of AI: From ML to World Models
A map of AI systems — machine learning, deep learning, LLMs, multimodal models, and world models — with clear definitions and comparisons.
Feb 3, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Prompt Engineering Patterns for Production Systems
Learn 7 battle-tested prompt engineering patterns that reduce failures and improve reliability in production AI systems. Includes code examples.
Feb 2, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Understanding Tokens and LLM Inference
Discover how LLMs process text through tokenization and inference. Essential knowledge for optimizing AI costs and prompt performance.
Feb 2, 20263 min read
AISoftwareIntermediate
Designing RAG Pipelines for Production
Architecture patterns and implementation considerations for building retrieval-augmented generation systems that work reliably at scale.
Jan 29, 20263 min read
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