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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.

Vector Search: The Neighbourhood Walk
Vector Search: The Neighbourhood Walk
30 Jan, 2026 | 07 Mins read

You are looking for a place to swim in warm weather. You do not know the address. Instead, you walk into a city where the street layout encodes meaning. You ask a local: "Where can I swim somewhere wa

AI Agent Orchestration Patterns: From Chaining to Multi-Agent Systems
AI Agent Orchestration Patterns: From Chaining to Multi-Agent Systems
27 Jan, 2026 | 13 Mins read

A software debugging agent receives a bug report. It needs to search code, understand the error, propose a fix, write tests, and summarize for the developer. None of these steps are independent. Each

Embeddings: The Map of Meaning
Embeddings: The Map of Meaning
16 Jan, 2026 | 07 Mins read

You have a treasure map where X marks the spot. Not for gold, but for meaning. The map places every concept at a coordinate. Related concepts sit near each other. "Dog" and "puppy" are neighbors. "Cat

Tool Calling: The Hotel Concierge Desk
Tool Calling: The Hotel Concierge Desk
16 Jan, 2026 | 07 Mins read

You stand at a hotel concierge desk. You want a table at the restaurant downstairs, a reservation at the spa, theater tickets, and a car to the airport. You do not want the concierge to do these thing

Designing the Enterprise Knowledge Layer: Beyond RAG
Designing the Enterprise Knowledge Layer: Beyond RAG
16 Jan, 2026 | 14 Mins read

Most teams implement retrieval-augmented generation and call it a knowledge layer. Give the model access to a vector database, stuff in some documents, and ship. This approach works for demos. It fall

Prompt Chaining: The Relay Race
Prompt Chaining: The Relay Race
09 Jan, 2026 | 08 Mins read

Four runners, one baton, four legs of a relay race. Runner A sprints the first leg, hands to Runner B, who sprints the second, hands to C, who hands to D, who crosses the finish line. None of them run

The AI Operating System: Why Companies Need an AI Foundation Layer
The AI Operating System: Why Companies Need an AI Foundation Layer
05 Jan, 2026 | 16 Mins read

A financial services firm spent eight months building an AI-powered document analysis system. When it came time to deploy, they discovered their retrieval system had no governance layer, their agent h

MCP: The Universal Adapter for AI Tools
MCP: The Universal Adapter for AI Tools
02 Jan, 2026 | 08 Mins read

Pack your bags. You are in Berlin with a US laptop and a German outlet. Your charger works fine, but the plug does not. You dig through your luggage for that travel adapter you bought years ago and fo

Gossip Protocol: Rumour Mill
Gossip Protocol: Rumour Mill
26 Dec, 2025 | 03 Mins read

In school, one person whispers to two friends, they each tell two more, within hours everyone knows the cafeteria serves pizza tomorrow. The gossip protocol works identically: nodes randomly share inf