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Perform non-programming tasks with coding agents
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A step-by-step guide to building, running, and monitoring a stateful customer support agent using Python,…
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Most coding agents treat prompt construction like retrieval: gather more files, add more context, hope…
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A hybrid LLM application pattern that combines a predefined workflow with adaptive agent behavior
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How a seemingly harmless move to a multi-agent architecture quietly tripled our LLM costs and…
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When the Code Becomes the CEO: Why Your Next Manager Might Be a Decentralized Agentic Loop
Artificial IntelligenceIn five to ten years, the sharpest manager in your company might not be human,…
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A practical tutorial for recording model tool requests, real function results, patches, checks, screenshots, and…
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A friendly introduction to one of the most powerfull optimization techniques using the uncapacitated facility…
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How one open-source ecosystem made state-of-the-art AI accessible
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Optimise how you interact with your coding agents
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What it actually takes to turn a company’s scattered knowledge into something an LLM can…
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Editor’s Picks
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Why prediction-driven variable selection misses confounders and how Bayesian Adjustment for Confounding attempts to fix…
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from custom integrations to a universal standard for tool access
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Using mathematical optimization to solve a pickup-and-delivery problem with time windows.
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The mean keeps making its usefulness felt in all sorts of situations, often in truly…
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Tabular LLMs: An Introduction to the Foundation Models That Predict Your Spreadsheet
Large Language ModelsTabular foundation models predict the missing column of any spreadsheet zero-shot, the way an LLM…
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Patience, Optimism, Discipline, Projects, Teams
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If you have ever wanted to actually build an LLM inference runtime yourself — pack…
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How Much of a Data Science Workflow Can Run on a GPU Today? Part 1: Accelerating Data Preparation
Data EngineeringExploring GPU acceleration with cuDF, cudf.pandas, and the Polars GPU Engine
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On the value of building on existing foundations
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The Variable Newsletter
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Authors can now benefit from updated earning tiers and a higher article cap
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Sorting through the good, bad, and ambiguous aspects of vibe coding
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Deep Dives
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Prompt engineering helps you write better prompts—but it doesn’t help you change them safely. This…
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Los Movimientos, Part II: Solving Large Pickup-and-Delivery Problems with Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search
Operations ResearchBuilding an ALNS heuristic in Python for vehicle routing, time windows, capacity constraints, and mandatory…
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This is the opening piece of a four-part deep dive series, on building a high-frequency…
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How Much Does a Local LLM Actually Cost to Run? I Measured Every Watt on Apple Silicon
Large Language ModelsFive models, sustained generation, real wall-socket energy at $0.31/kWh — and the surprise the RTX-3090…
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The idea that makes backpropagation possible.
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In a world where human time is expensive, learn how to use it only when…
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