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Welcome to my corner of the internet. This website is a personal blog which I use as a platform to document my learning journey and showcase it for the world to see.
Pure‑Python Product‑Quantized IVF Index for Fast ANN Search
A step‑by‑step guide to building a pure‑Python product‑quantized IVF index for fast approximate nearest‑neighbor search, complete with runnable code, benchmarks, and extension paths for production use.
Inside Apache Pulsar: Segment-Centric Architecture and Tiered Storage
Pulsar’s segment-based storage model decouples compute from storage, enabling tiered storage to offload cold data to cheap object stores without breaking consumer replay.
Building a Causal Self-Attention Block from Scratch in PyTorch
Implement a memory-efficient, causal attention mechanism with a custom KV cache in under 100 lines of pure PyTorch code.
Building User-Safe Systems: Authentication, Authorization, and Defense-in-Depth Patterns
How to build systems that prioritize user safety through proven authentication, authorization, and defense-in-depth patterns at scale.
Hypervisors for Serverless and Edge: Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor, and QEMU in Production
An in-depth comparison of Firecracker, Cloud Hypervisor, and QEMU covering architecture, performance, use cases, and production patterns for engineers.