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Thoughts on engineering, AI, and building scalable systems

January 16, 2026•
#strategy#first-principles

Thinking in First Principles

Before optimizing a process, ask whether the process should exist at all.

January 13, 2026•
#product#usability

Building Products? Stop Making Your Users Think

Stop building products that require a 120 IQ to understand and 10 clicks just to pay.

January 5, 2026•
#agentic-ai#agents

AI in 2026

A personal take on how AI is shaping up in 2026.

December 29, 2025•
#personal#year-in-review

2025 Year in Review

A reflection on the work, lessons, and growth that shaped my year in 2025.

December 12, 2025•
#ai#rag

Chunking? Google’s File Search solved that. SAP’s got its own take as well.

Stop worrying about chunk sizes and overlap. Discover how Google's File Search and SAP's Document Grounding Service handle document vectorization automatically - with a working demo you can try today.

December 7, 2025•
#ai#research

Why AI Agents Fail in Production (Even When Benchmarks Look Great)

New research reveals the hidden gap between lab performance and real-world agent deployments.

December 6, 2025•
#intro#personal

Welcome to My Journal

Just a casual blog where I share my thoughts, knowledge, and experiences building stuff

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