Notes & essays.
Thoughts on AI, learning, leadership, and the craft of building things that matter.
What I Wish I Knew Before Building My First RAG System
Five lessons from shipping retrieval-augmented systems to production — the kind that nobody tells you in tutorials.
The Quiet Death of "Just Use ChatGPT"
Why most production AI work is not about the model — and what actually moves the needle.
Agentic Systems: Hype vs. Reality
After building three production agentic systems, here is what works and what is still science fiction.
What I Wish I Knew Before Building My First RAG System
Five lessons from shipping retrieval-augmented systems to production — the kind that nobody tells you in tutorials.
The Quiet Death of "Just Use ChatGPT"
Why most production AI work is not about the model — and what actually moves the needle.
Agentic Systems: Hype vs. Reality
After building three production agentic systems, here is what works and what is still science fiction.
How I Actually Mentor Junior Engineers
A concrete framework for technical mentorship that produces senior engineers, not dependent ones.
Teaching AI to 1000+ Students — Here's What Actually Works
Lessons from delivering AI workshops at universities, corporates, and bootcamps for the past 7 years.
The Underrated Skill of AI Practitioners
It is not Python. It is not math. It is the ability to translate fuzzy business problems into …
Why I Still Read Research Papers Every Morning
A defense of the practice of reading hard things daily, even when they seem irrelevant.
Notes on Building Agentic AI for Indian Enterprises
Practical observations from designing autonomous-agent systems in resource-constrained, multilingual contexts.