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Data Science · LLM Engineering · AI Agents · Information Retrieval
I build with large language models and write about how they actually work: embeddings, retrieval, the architectures underneath. Beyond the profession I read widely in linguistics, philosophy, and the natural sciences, and that tends to leak into the writing.
Writing
interpretability
What models represent, whether they converge on it, and whether they actually use it.
interpretability x retrieval: an emerging fieldSeptember 1, 2026refusal in llms is not one thingAugust 3, 2026representational convergence is not one thing - part 2July 13, 2026representational convergence is not one thing - part 1May 20, 2026words and their mappings
Explorations of the language and technology intersection.
the llm era: from embeddings to emergenceJanuary 16, 2025journey of embeddingsDecember 5, 2024inspirations behind words and their mappingsNovember 8, 2024words and their mappings - introductionNovember 3, 2024elasticsearch
Posts about Elasticsearch.
how does elasticsearch work? - elasticsearch architecture - general overviewAugust 31, 2024