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On data engineering, AI, robotics, and digital growth.

AI · 9 min read

A Mistake of Claude Code: The Birth of its Competitors

The inside story of how a single .npmignore mistake exposed Anthropic's source code and sparked the birth of open-source competitors in a 4 AM rebellion.

Web Development · 5 min read

How I Built This Website for Under $3: AI-Powered Development with Claude Code

A complete guide to building a professional portfolio and blog website using AI tools, free hosting, and minimal budget. Includes exact prompts and step-by-step instructions to clone this project.

Data Engineering · 5 min read

Building Scalable Data Pipelines with Apache Spark: A Complete Guide

Learn how to design and implement production-ready data pipelines using Apache Spark. Covers architecture patterns, best practices, fault tolerance, and real-world examples for processing millions of events per second.

AI/ML · 6 min read

Deploying Machine Learning Models to Production: A Complete Guide

Learn how to take ML models from Jupyter notebooks to production-ready systems. Covers containerization, model versioning, A/B testing, monitoring, and MLOps best practices with real examples.

Robotics · 6 min read

ROS 2 Fundamentals for Robotics Development: A Practical Guide

Master Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) for building autonomous robots. Learn nodes, topics, services, actions, and practical patterns for real-world robotics applications.

Data Engineering · 7 min read

Building a Modern Data Lakehouse Architecture

Combine the best of data lakes and warehouses with lakehouse architecture for flexible, scalable analytics.

AI/ML · 7 min read

Computer Vision Projects That Changed My Perspective: Real-World Applications

Explore real-world computer vision applications from defect detection to medical imaging. Learn practical insights on YOLO, U-Net, model deployment, and lessons from production CV systems.