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When Does Learning Beat Random?

6d ago · 17 min read · The Johnson-Lindenstrauss Lemma Against PCA and Neural Networks A theorem from 1984 claims you can throw a random matrix at high-dimensional data and preserve its geometry almost perfectly, with no

When Agents Decide

Mar 22 · 20 min read · Agentic AI in Credit & KYC and the Governance Gap That Follows Abstract Agentic AI systems are now capable of executing end-to-end credit decisioning and KYC workflows with minimal human input, retri

The Gap Nobody Talks About: What Happens Between a Model's Output and a Real-World Decision

Mar 8 · 14 min read · There is a moment in every production AI system that most engineering teams don't fully design for. The model has run. The prediction is out. And now, something has to happen with it. That moment, the

How I Solved API Rate Limits with Laravel Queues

Apr 11, 2025 · 3 min read · This week, I noticed a Twitter thread where someone was asking about managing API rate limits when using Google's Gemini API. I've faced similar challenges in my own projects, so I wanted to share my straightforward solution. The Problem If you've wo...

Working on legacy code: Installing multiple PHP Versions

Mar 19, 2025 · 8 min read · I used AI to help me arrange my thoughts and sentences better It was supposed to be a straightforward project. The client had an existing Laravel 5.7 application that needed a few new features. Simple enough, right? I had just set up my shiny new dev...