Skip to content

Blog · AI & LLMs

Articles on AI, LLMs and machine learning

Plain-English guides to how LLMs work, prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents and machine learning — for developers and business owners.

6 min read

AI coding agents on a real codebase: a production playbook

Tools like Claude Code, Cursor and GitHub Copilot can now plan, edit files, run tests and open pull requests. Here’s how to use AI coding agents on production code without losing quality, security or understanding — with concrete team guidelines.

  • AI
  • AI Agents
  • Developer Workflow
  • Code Quality
  • 6 min read

    Shipping LLM features to production: evals, guardrails, cost and monitoring

    A demo that works on ten examples is not a product. Here’s a practical production checklist for AI features — evaluation sets, guardrails, fallbacks, cost and latency control, monitoring and rollout — so your LLM feature stays reliable after launch.

    • AI
    • LLMs
    • DevOps
    • Production
  • 6 min read

    Context engineering: the skill that’s replacing prompt engineering

    The best AI features aren’t built on clever prompts — they’re built on giving the model exactly the right information at the right moment. Here’s what context engineering is, why it matters more as models get smarter, and production guidelines for doing it well.

    • AI
    • Context Engineering
    • LLMs
    • AI Agents
  • 7 min read

    Prompt engineering that actually works: a practical guide

    Forget magic phrases. Good prompts are clear briefs — context, a precise task, examples, structure and a way to check the result. Here are the techniques that consistently make AI output better.

    • AI
    • Prompt Engineering
    • LLMs
    • Productivity
  • 5 min read

    Embeddings and vector databases, explained for web developers

    Embeddings turn text, images and products into lists of numbers that capture meaning — the technology behind semantic search, recommendations and RAG. Here’s how they work and how to use them in a real app.

    • AI
    • Embeddings
    • Vector Search
    • Machine Learning
  • 7 min read

    RAG explained: how to make AI answer from your own data

    Retrieval-augmented generation lets a language model answer questions using your documents instead of its memory. Here’s how the pipeline works — chunking, embeddings, vector search, prompting — and how to build one that’s actually reliable.

    • AI
    • RAG
    • LLMs
    • Vector Search
  • 7 min read

    AI agents, tool use and MCP: how AI goes from talking to doing

    An AI agent is a language model in a loop with tools. Here’s how tool calling works, what the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes, and how to build agents that are useful without being dangerous.

    • AI
    • AI Agents
    • MCP
    • LLMs
  • 5 min read

    Build a neural network from scratch in PyTorch — then let PyTorch do the work

    The best way to understand deep learning is to build a small network by hand — forward pass, loss, backpropagation and gradient descent — and then rebuild it the idiomatic PyTorch way. A beginner-friendly, code-first walkthrough.

    • Machine Learning
    • PyTorch
    • Deep Learning
    • Python
  • 6 min read

    Why learning AI is no longer optional — and what to actually learn

    AI isn’t replacing developers or businesses that adapt — it’s raising the bar for everyone else. Here’s why learning AI matters now, what skills are worth your time, and a realistic learning path that doesn’t require a PhD.

    • AI
    • Career
    • Learning
    • LLMs