dsdev.inSome notes on Agentic search & TurbopufferSearch systems are always broken. Mend them with care, and like Kintsugi, they become more beautiful. Recently I’ve been diving deep in improving search & retrieval for Littlebird and here are some notes worth sharing. Turbopuffer Tpuf is an amazing...Aug 31, 2025·6 min read
dsdev.inCounting tokens at scale using tiktokenTiktoken is one of the most popular tokenizers out there. This is a really nice and simple cookbook that shows how to use it. Recently I was optimizing our token counting function that is often used to chunk data to send to embedding models(need prec...Jul 22, 2025·2 min read
dsdev.inRun any LLM locally on your Mac in less than 2 minsI am just surprised that is is so simple. Plus it’s so elegant, I want to stand on my rooftop and shout. Anyway, here are the steps. BTW you only need 1min if you dont care about a fancy chat interface. Step 1: Visit https://ollama.com/ click on down...Jun 30, 2025·1 min read
dsdev.inResources to transition to 'Applied AI' roleI have seen quite a few software devs(including me) with little to no background in ML jumping on the genAI train in the last 1-2 years. While this is a good thing and using LLMs with no prior classical ML knowledge helps in some ways it is also a de...Jun 27, 2025·3 min read
dsdev.inCurated resources: AI Product x How to eval?We at Seezo have been trying our best to make evals a first class citizen in our SDLC of our LLM backed product. The end goal is to have a robust pipeline that integrates seamlessly in your normal developemnt cycle. This is even more difficult if you...Mar 9, 2025·2 min read