Topic: AI

All essays filed under "AI".

• Reality of AI for Software Engineers: A Mid-2026 Check-In

  Updated: 19 Jul, 2026

  A software engineer's view of AI in mid-2026: what is real, what is distorted, where the pain is, and what needs to mature next.

• Why I Do Not Recommend The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book for Self-Learners

  19 Jul, 2026

  A practical review of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book from the perspective of a senior engineer rebuilding classical machine learning fundamentals.

• The Hidden Data Problem in Agentic AI Systems

  3 May, 2026

  AI systems do not just need data. They create data every time they run, and that changes how we design, debug, evaluate, and improve them.

• Open Weights Is Not the Same as Open Source AI

  26 Apr, 2026

  A practical distinction between open-weight AI models and truly open source AI systems, and why the difference matters when choosing local LLMs.