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Technical notes, experiments, and longer writeups on AI, distributed systems, product work, and whatever else was worth keeping.
Thoughts on AI now in August 2026
My opinions on where we are, and where we go from here.
My Current AI Opinions
My current thoughts on AI and how to be good at it.
TinySafe v3: How I Built a Near-SOTA Safety LLM for Under $100
A 4B parameter model fine-tuned with QLoRA gets within 0.008 F1 of SOTA on ToxicChat, then hits a wall. Five versions, $100, and a lot of lessons about why 0.83 is so hard to break.
I Built TinySafe, a Safety Model that Beats 8B Guard Models with 71M Parameters for $37
Building a sub-2ms safety classifier that outperforms LlamaGuard, ShieldGemma, and every encoder-based model in its weight class.
Which AI Models Lean in Which Political Direction?
I asked the top LLMs 20 different political compass questions to figure out how left/right/libertarian/authoritarian they were.
Are Computer Science Majors "Cooked" because of AI?
A speculative deep dive on whether AI will augment or replace new software engineers.
I Trained AI on 70k Clash Royale Battles to Settle the Ultimate Debate: Does Your Deck Actually Matter?
Using machine learning on 70,000+ real battles from the Clash Royale API to definitively answer whether deck composition actually predicts victory, or if it's just skill and luck.
The Nutrition Prediction Benchmark: Testing LLMs on Google Cafeteria Menus
Testing large language models on their ability to predict accurate nutritional information from Google cafeteria dishes, revealing surprising insights about AI's understanding of food science.
The Semantic Diversity Benchmark: A New Way to Test AI Language Models
A simple but powerful benchmark for testing AI language models by asking them to generate maximally semantically unrelated words, revealing surprising insights about model capabilities.
New Grad Job Search for Software Engineers
A quick guide for new grads looking to break into the software engineering industry, including networking tips, technical preparation advice, and insights into why the current job market is more challenging.
Transformers are Limited
The transformer architecture is fundamentally limited for true reasoning.
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