Decorators for Timing, Retries, Caching, and Validation in Python
In this article, you will learn how Python decorators work under the hood and how to build reliable ones for timing, retries, caching, and input…
How to Train Your own Decision Model like Jev using Unsloth
In this article, you will learn how to turn an open-weight language model into a decision model that classifies user intent, by fine-tuning Qwen3.5-4B on…
Choosing an LLM Inference Optimization Technique: A Decision-Tree Approach
In this article, you will learn how to match an LLM inference optimization technique to the actual bottleneck in your workload by working through a…
The AI Agent Memory Stack: Building Blocks, Patterns, and Frameworks
In this article, you will learn how agent memory works, what types of memory exist, and how different frameworks approach storage, retrieval, and memory management…
7 Ways Your AI Agent Is Wasting Tokens (And What to Do Instead)
In this article, you will learn seven common token-waste patterns in production AI agent systems, and the architectural fixes that address each one. Topics we…
Fine-Tuning vs. Frozen Embeddings: When to Adapt the LLM vs. the Sklearn Head
In this article, you will learn how to compare two strategies for adapting a large language model to a specific domain: fine-tuning with LoRA versus…
Context Managers Beyond Opening Files in Python
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Robust Serialization with JSON and Custom Types
In this article, you will learn how to build a robust JSON serialization pipeline in Python that handles custom data types, graceful error recovery, and…
Speculative Decoding Explained: How to Get 3× Faster Inference from Any LLM
In this article, you will learn how speculative decoding works, why it produces real speed gains at the hardware level, and what modern implementations look…
How to Build a Multi-Modal RAG Pipeline for Images and Documents in Python
In this article, you will learn how to build a multi-modal RAG pipeline in Python that retrieves and reasons over both text and images extracted…