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Field reports on AI learning design, opinions on the curriculum gap, and the occasional career deep-dive.
- 7 min readcurriculumopinion
Eval discipline: the cheapest skill that gets engineers hired
Most candidates can write a working prompt. Few can prove it stays working. The 50-case eval set is the leverage point.
- 6 min readragopinion
When NOT to build a RAG — and what to do instead
Half the RAG systems shipping in 2026 shouldn't exist. Here are the four cases where a simpler approach beats a vector pipeline.
- 6 min readcurriculumopinion
From prompt to production — the missing AI learning curriculum
Most AI courses stop at "you can call an LLM". Production teams need ten more skills nobody bundles together. Here's the curriculum we built.
- 5 min readdesignopinion
Why "Duolingo for AI" doesn't work — and what does
Duolingo's loop works because language has cheap right/wrong feedback. Generative AI doesn't. We had to build different validation primitives.
- 8 min readcareersguide
Six AI careers in 2026 — what hiring managers actually want
The role names are inflated, the salary bands are wider than they look, and the path to each is shorter than you'd think. Here's the honest map.
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