AI · Automation3 min read
AI and Automation Trends in 2026
Practical insights into the latest AI and automation trends, including AI trading platforms, compliance management software, and workflow automation tools.
15 May 2026
Writing / Blog
Notes from the field.
Practical write-ups on automation, LLMs, and the infrastructure that makes them production-ready.
AI · Automation3 min read
AI and Automation Updates for May 15, 2026
The latest news and updates in AI, automation, and workflow tools, including new releases and funding announcements.
15 May 2026
n8n · Automation5 min read
Why n8n Is My Default Automation Layer
I've tried Zapier, Make, and raw Python scripts. n8n sits at a sweet spot between visual flexibility and code-level control. Here's my reasoning.
15 Apr 2025
LLM · Ollama · FastAPI7 min read
Building a Self-Hosted LLM Stack That Actually Scales
Running a local language model is easy. Running one reliably under load, with a clean API, proper auth, and logging, is a different problem.
28 Mar 2025
Python · Scraping · Playwright6 min read
Python Scrapers in 2025: The Async Playwright Approach
httpx + BeautifulSoup handles 70% of jobs. For the rest — JS-rendered SPAs, bot detection, infinite scroll — Playwright async is the cleanest tool I've found.
10 Mar 2025
RAG · LLM · Architecture8 min read
RAG Architectures: What Nobody Tells You About Chunking
The vector search is the easy part. Getting chunking right is where most RAG implementations quietly fail.
20 Feb 2025
Automation · Gmail API · Python6 min read
From 2 Hours of Email to 15 Minutes: An Automation Case Study
A walkthrough of the Gmail automation system I built — triage, priority labelling, templated replies, and the edge cases that nearly broke it.
5 Feb 2025
Kubernetes · AWS EKS · MLOps9 min read
Kubernetes for ML Pipelines: Six Months on EKS
Running batch ML workloads on EKS taught me things the documentation won't. Node pools, spot interruptions, GPU scheduling — the hard lessons.
18 Jan 2025
AI Agents · LLM · Production7 min read
Building AI Agents That Don't Hallucinate: A Practical Guide
Reliable AI agents require more engineering than prompt engineering. Tool schemas, grounding, confidence thresholds, and rollback logic — what the tutorials skip.
30 Dec 2024
Data Pipelines · Python · Architecture6 min read
Data Pipeline Design Patterns That Hold Under Pressure
The patterns that separate pipelines that work from pipelines that work reliably — idempotency, observability, graceful degradation, and schema evolution.
10 Dec 2024
Process · Automation · Consulting5 min read
The Automation Audit: Finding What's Actually Worth Automating
Not everything should be automated. A framework for identifying high-ROI automation targets before writing a single line of code.
25 Nov 2024