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- How I Integrate Claude Code to my Dev Workflow
Using commands, context, modes, and MCP servers in Claude…
- Managing Python Dependencies to Prevent Project Deployment Issues
Understanding dependencies, lock files, and modern package management using uv…
- Diagnosing and Fixing the N+1 Query Problem in Django APIs
Using Django Debug Toolbar to inspect database queries and reduce an API endpoint from 627 to 9 DB queries.…
- I Wrote a Book to Help You Work with AI
Human + Machine: Practical Skills to Build, Ship, and Grow with AI…
- How I Used Spotify Artist Data to Understand RAG
Building a conversational search experience with Azure AI Search, vector data, and agentic retrieval…
- Training an ML Model for Use in an App
How I used Google Trends data to build an ML MVP and what it taught me about simplicity, heuristics, and iteration…
- I Built a Data Pipeline to Track Nigeria’s Trending Topics
Sourcing, Storing, and Visualising Nigeria’s Online Conversations Using Reddit Data…
- Before You Build the Model, Define the Win
Why metrics, scope, and simple prototypes matter in ML projects…
- To ML or Not to ML?
How AI Engineers Decide When Machine Learning Can Be Applied to Software and When It Cannot Be…
- MCP: The USB-C Moment for AI Applications
How Model Context Protocol is solving AI’s biggest interoperability problem and why it matters for real-world, mission-driven tools…
- PDFs to Answers: A RAG-Based Search Bot with LangChain
How I built a grounded AI search bot for answering questions over sensitive internal documents using RAG.…
- How I Get AI to Do Exactly What I Want; Nothing more, Nothing Less
A practical reflection on why AI misunderstands us, how bad prompts sabotage good models, and best practices for prompt engineering…
- ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: Who Really Gives the “Best” AI Responses?
Why evaluating AI outputs is subjective, what trade-offs matter most, and how to decide which model fits your use case.…
- AI Can Write Code. That Doesn’t Mean It Can Build Software.
What I've learned about AI, trust, and the future of software engineering ... so far…
- 2026 Free Resources for Learning AI Engineering
My recommendations for improving AI Engineering skills on a budget…