AI
4 articles
Agentic AI in Production: What I Learned Building Tool-Calling Workflows
Practical lessons from deploying AI agents with tool-calling. Hallucinated arguments, infinite loops, runaway costs, and the guardrails that actually prevent them.
Building a RAG Pipeline That Actually Works
Production-focused guide to building RAG pipelines with Python. Chunking strategies, vector search with pgvector, re-ranking, prompt construction, and the stuff that breaks past the tutorial stage.
How Local LLMs Replaced $300/Month in OpenAI Costs
A practical breakdown of when to move AI workloads from OpenAI APIs to local models. Real cost math, production code, and an honest look at when it's not worth the trouble.
How I Use AI to Write Better Code (Without Losing My Skills)
A senior engineer's honest take on AI-assisted development. What actually helps, what's a waste of time, and how to keep your skills sharp while shipping faster.
