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Data Infrastructure for Production AI
Practical writing on AI data engineering, feature stores, and the infrastructure choices that determine whether AI systems work in production.
Retrieval-augmented generation is simple in theory: retrieve relevant documents, stuff them into a prompt, get a grounded answer. In practice, the retrieval step is where most RAG applications fail. T
A regional bank with $12 billion in assets wanted to use machine learning to improve its commercial loan underwriting process. The existing process was manual, relying on credit analysts who spent fou
Responsible AI is not a checklist you complete before deployment. It is a set of architectural decisions that you make throughout the design process, each of which involves trade-offs that are real an
A data engineering team I worked with had adopted six AI-powered tools in twelve months. An automated code reviewer, a data quality scanner, a pipeline orchestrator with intelligent retry, a natural l
The case for streaming is straightforward: data that arrives in minutes instead of hours enables decisions that were previously impossible. Fraud detection catches transactions before they clear. Pers
OpenAI shipped GPT-5. Anthropic shipped Claude 4. Google shipped Gemini Ultra 2. Within six weeks of each other, the three leading model providers released frontier models that are, by most benchmarks
Lego blocks come in standard sizes. A 2x4 stud configuration connects with other 2x4 configurations. A 1x2 connects with other 1x2s. The shape determines which pieces fit together. You do not need to
Observability is not one problem — it is three. Infrastructure observability watches your servers, containers, and network. Application observability watches your code, APIs, and user-facing behavior.
Enterprise AI spending increased roughly 300% year-over-year according to multiple industry surveys released this quarter. The headline number gets attention, but the breakdown is where the actionable