knitli.hashnode.devFrom Intelligence Expert to AI Business Leader: A Surprising PathTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy I've been a lifelong technologist and tinkerer. Linux CLI user for 25 years. Built a web design business at 13 (long before JavaScript existed). Even assembled a basic Linux distro from scratch once. Despite decades of so...Oct 8, 2025·7 min read
knitli.hashnode.devTree-Sitter Grammars Explained: Leveraging Data for ClarityClarity Engineering TL;DR: If You're Here Because Tree-sitter's node-types.json Makes No Sense You're not alone. Tree-sitter's terminology is confusing because it evolved from internal implementation details, not developer clarity. The Core Problems...Oct 6, 2025·13 min read
knitli.hashnode.devContext and Context Windows: What You Need to KnowPart 2 of Knitli’s 101 introductions to AI and the economics of AI tl;dr Large language models (LLMs) use a fixed-size context window to process input and generate responses, but they don't have memory like humans. The context window contains all t...Sep 26, 2025·5 min read
knitli.hashnode.devUnderstanding Tokens: What They Are and Why They're ImportantPart 1 of Knitli’s 101 introductions to AI and the economics of AIThis article explores the concept of tokens in AI, highlighting how they differ from words and are the fundamental units processed by AI models like ChatGPT. It explains the cost impli...Sep 18, 2025·3 min read
