Guardrails Are More Than Prompt Safety
The nightmare version is easy to imagine. It is 2am. OpsGenie is paging you. A user-uploaded PDF contained instructions the model should have ignored, and now the system has produced
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Intro to Machine Learning: Multiple Linear Regression
In the last post, we explored simple linear regression, where one feature predicts one target. That single line already gave us pretty good insights into relationships between variables. But real-world problems don’t just depend on one factor. Let’s take some examples: House prices are influenced by more than just size. Salary depends on more than […]
Intro to Machine Learning: Simple Linear Regression
When I first thought about machine learning, it seemed like a scary topic. Coming from product engineering, I often heard about models, black boxes, and mysterious choices around which model to use. It felt inaccessible and mathematical. Recently, I decided to go beyond that assumption. To my surprise, a lot of it builds on concepts […]
Interviewing as an Engineering Leader
I’ve been through my fair share of engineering interviews over the past few years. I’ve looked at large companies and smaller start-ups like companies. Everyone has a different process, but there’s one thing in common: you need to have stories. Being a leader is being a storyteller. I’ve added some tips below to help you […]
Managing Low Performers
It’s hard when you have someone sandbagging your team. The underperformer is dragging everyone down with their performance – but it’s also hard to eliminate them. You know them, and you’ve built up a rapport. You know about their family and their struggles over the past few years. Ideally, we shouldn’t be here. Everyone should […]
Getting Docker, React, .NET Core, Postgres, and Nginx Playing Nice
I wanted to write a short article on how to get all four components working so you don’t need to install a bunch of libraries on your machine. The reason I’m doing this is so that I can work on my frontend, backend, and SQL independently. The Nginx acts as a reverse proxy for my […]