Core Concepts Behind Modern AI Systems
Modern AI systems may look diverse on the surface, but under the hood they rely on a small set of recurring architectural and training ideas. This article distills foundational concepts - ranging...
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2026-02-07
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2026-02-07
Core Tools in the Modern Python Data Analytics Stack
Modern data and AI products are built on a small set of recurring Python tools for data processing, visualization, interfaces, and APIs. This article provides a concise conceptual overview of...
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2026-01-28
Investment Policy Statement Cheatsheet: Write Your Rules Before the Market Tests Them
A practical cheatsheet for writing a personal Investment Policy Statement: the sections that matter, how to turn goals and risk tolerance into targets and ranges, rebalancing rules backed by...
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2026-01-14
PostgreSQL 18 Cheatsheet: Async I/O, uuidv7, Virtual Generated Columns
A practical cheatsheet for PostgreSQL 18: asynchronous I/O and its settings, uuidv7() for time-ordered keys, virtual generated columns as the new default, OLD and NEW in RETURNING, temporal...
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2025-12-30
Deep Work in an Interrupt-Driven Job: Attention Residue and Context Switching
What the research actually says about interruptions and focus: Sophie Leroy's attention residue, Gloria Mark's field and lab studies on fragmented work, Cal Newport's Deep Work, and Paul Graham's...