Building An Embedding Service: Sharing My Three Surprises
I learnt a couple of things while building Ahnlich-ai; in this article I distill some of them into concrete takeaways.
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2025
2024
We are working on Ahnlich, a Database to Aid Semantic Search
Ahnlich is a suite of tools that help make semantic search possible. This article explains the what, why and what nexts of the project.
10 Principles that Guide My Work as a Machine Learning Engineer
Knowing the data and its transformations is a principle that has significantly helped my work as a Machine Learning Engineer. This article examines the impor...
Why Log Returns?
Log returns are commonly used in investing but why? This article provides some answers.
I Reverse-Engineered Trading212’s Web APIs
I reverse-engineered Trading212’s web APIs, then built a Python package for programmatic trading on the platform.
2023
It’s Like The Bloomberg Terminal, But Open Source, My Experience using OpenBB
A review of OpenBB and my experience using it.
What Goes Into Building a Trading System
A look into the high-level components needed in a trading system.
Learning About Stock Trading With Python
An exploration of automating the trading of stocks using Python.
2020
To Write Comments or Not: Part One
In this article, I talk about reasons why I used to avoid writing comments in code.
2019
Color Modes 101
A brief look at the major color modes used in digital image processing, their importance and use cases.
Tips for Future HNG Interns: From a Finalist
Lessons learned from the HNG 5.0 internship. The overall experience and tips that may help future interns survive the internship.
Creating a Blog With Jekyll
Personal experience on creating a blog using Jekyll and the Minimal Mistakes theme.