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title: "Daniel Anthony Romitelli Jr (@romiteld) | Hashnode"
description: "AI engineer. LLM agents, RAG, Azure AI Foundry, Python/TypeScript. Navy veteran. Builder of Scenematic, Pramaana, and production multi-agent systems. I write..."
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# Daniel Anthony Romitelli Jr

@romiteld · East Aurora NY · Joined March 2026

AI engineer. LLM agents, RAG, Azure AI Foundry, Python/TypeScript. Navy veteran. Builder of Scenematic, Pramaana, and production multi-agent systems. I write about what I actually ship.

[Website](https://www.craftedbydaniel.com/)

### [I Had to Build What the Bumper Could See](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/i-had-to-build-what-the-bumper-could-see?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The carrier’s chrome reflected my light card as a white rectangle. I moved the light to the wet road and rebuilt the shot around what the bumper saw. 1. The rectangle in the bumper With the card gone,

9 min read · [craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/i-had-to-build-what-the-bumper-could-see?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-had-to-build-what-the-bumper-could-see/6abcbb900097c498c032556e)

### [You Want Engineers Using AI on the Job. Why Turn It Off in the Interview?](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/you-want-engineers-using-ai-on-the-job-why-turn-it-off-in-the-interview?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Forty-five minutes in, I'd walked through systems I built. The architecture, the integrations, the auth decisions, what broke in production and what I did about it. There are working products online w

14 min read · [craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/you-want-engineers-using-ai-on-the-job-why-turn-it-off-in-the-interview?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/you-want-engineers-using-ai-on-the-job-why-turn-it-off-in-the-interview/6aafa04d19bfab0263ee5f5c)

### [Graceful Mathematical Degradation in an Estimation Route](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/graceful-mathematical-degradation-in-an-estimation-route?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A crew can measure a wall and still miss one number. The area is there. The openings are counted. The corners are entered. The run around the wall is blank because the capture missed it, or nobody pul

8 min read · [craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/graceful-mathematical-degradation-in-an-estimation-route?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 18](https://hashnode.com/posts/graceful-mathematical-degradation-in-an-estimation-route/6a83e0b3a642f7e60be1b120)

### [Algorithmic Matching Without an LLM](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/algorithmic-matching-without-an-llm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A recruiter opens a search result and sees a candidate at the top. The score says the match is strong. The card has to say why: the credential matched, the location fit, a production figure landed in

13 min read · [craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/algorithmic-matching-without-an-llm?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/algorithmic-matching-without-an-llm/6a7cece4e1ccd0e645a369e9)

### [Negative Space Is a Label](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/rejected-7f8752b6-negative-space-is-a-label?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A car mask can pass review and still teach the model to keep the wrong pixels. The outline looks clean. The bumper is inside. The wheels are inside. Then the trained network holds onto the dark patch

12 min read · [craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev](https://craftedbydaniel.hashnode.dev/rejected-7f8752b6-negative-space-is-a-label?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/rejected-7f8752b6-negative-space-is-a-label/6a7abd338431cdff3af23c4a)