Retrieval
Why hybrid retrieval still beats pure vector
Reciprocal rank fusion, two cheap retrievers, and the case for not normalizing scores at all.
Planned · Summer 2026
Drafting
Notes · drafting
A reading room, opening soon.
Three pieces I’m drafting. Each starts from a specific decision I had to defend on a project and works outward toward the general lesson. No newsletters, no SEO bait — just the version of the thinking I’d want to read.
LLM systems
On keeping LLMs out of the hot path
A 428-transaction eval, a rules table, and what Penny taught me about treating models as rescue tools.
Planned · Summer 2026
Drafting
Teamwork
The contract between three AI teams
A FE / BE / AI division of labor that survived two iteration cycles without renegotiation. Notes from Goodle.
Planned · Fall 2026
Drafting
In the meantime, the project case studies under Work are the closest thing to a current portfolio of my thinking.