· life
Condescension
A word I learned recently, and what it revealed about charity, freebies and the small generosities we pat ourselves on the back for. True selflessness is about making yourself obsolete.
Writing
· life
Life Runs on Loops
Career, friendships, family, finance and health each spin in a vicious or virtuous loop, and once you're in one it is hard to escape. Some come with a reset button. The ones that don't, you have to repair.
· engineering
Scaling Vector Search with Approximate Nearest Neighbors
Searching through millions of vectors one by one is too slow. In this post, we explore Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) algorithms that allow us to find 'good enough' results instantly.
· engineering
Moving Beyond Keywords with Vector Embeddings
Keyword search has its limits. This post dives into vector embeddings, the core of modern semantic search. I'll explore how lists of numbers can capture complex meanings and relationships, allowing search engines to understand intent and context, not just keywords.
· life
Why Fairness Is an Illusion
What if the universe, in its raw and unfiltered state, is inherently unfair? What if the systems we build, and even the evolution that brought us here, are fundamentally designed as engines of inequality?