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Notes · 1 published · 2 drafting

A reading room, slowly filling.

Working notes from real projects. Each starts from a specific decision I had to defend and works outward toward the general lesson. No newsletters, no SEO bait — just the version of the thinking I’d want to read.

Retrieval

Why hybrid retrieval still beats pure vector

Reciprocal rank fusion, two cheap retrievers, and the case for not normalizing scores at all.

Planned · Summer 2026

Drafting

LLM systems

On keeping LLMs out of the hot path

A 428-transaction eval, a rules table, and what Penny taught me about treating models as rescue tools.

Planned · Summer 2026

Drafting

While the rest are drafting, the project case studies under Work are the closest thing to a current portfolio of my thinking.