Thoughts & Notes

Exploring distributed systems, AI engineering, and interface design.

Article2025-09-22

Are Computer Science Majors "Cooked" because of AI?

A speculative deep dive on whether AI will augment or replace new software engineers.

#ai#computer science#job market#tech industry#software engineering#unemployment#career
Article2025-09-14

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.

#ai#machine learning#clash royale#game analysis#data science#lightgbm#pytorch#decks#experiment
Article2025-09-07

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.

#ai#llm#benchmark#nutrition#google#experiment
Article2025-08-31

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.

#ai#llm#benchmark#semantic diversity#language models#experiment
Article2025-08-02

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.

#career#job search#new grad#software engineering#tech industry
Article2025-08-01

Transformers are Limited

The transformer architecture is fundamentally limited for true reasoning.

#transformers#limitation#reasoning#llm
Article2025-06-09

Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my blog!

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