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From Advertising to Engineering: Technical Lessons from Building DIALØGUE
I migrated from AWS to GCP and achieved 92% cost reduction with 10x faster performance—here's what I learned ditching "best practices" for pragmatic architecture that actually works.
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DIALØGUE: Building an AI-Powered Podcast Generator from Scratch (And Learning a Ton Along the Way)
I built an AI podcast generator that lets you shape the content before it's created—because I was tired of AI just reading Wikipedia at me during my commute.
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro is now my go-to coding partner
Back in early 2025, after roughly 5,000 hours across different AI models, Gemini 2.5 Pro had become my go-to for coding. The landscape has shifted a lot since—here's that original take, and where I've landed in 2026.
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CrewAI is Good! - My First Impressions
No. 05AII Cheated: Sydney Can Now Read the Narrative in 10-K Reports
No. 06AILess Is More
No. 07AIS&P500 Agent MVP Launched: Answering Financial Questions Grounded with SEC Data
No. 08AIThree months later: Still coding, still learning, still stuck (sometimes)
No. 09AIAn upgrade to my current chatbot
No. 10AIBuilding a Self-Evaluating Financial Chatbot: A Journey Through Data, Code, and Struggles
No. 11AIMy 4-Week Journey: From Frontend Upgrades to Docker Struggles and Breakthroughs
No. 12AIChatbot v2.10 Unveiled: Elevating User Experience with Enhanced Speed, Scalability, and Simplicity
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