A shield protecting a network of connected nodes, representing user safety in digital systems.

User Safety: Engineering Patterns for Building Trustworthy Systems

User safety isn’t a feature—it’s an architectural constraint. Here’s how leading engineering teams bake safety into their systems from day one.

October 11, 2026 · 8 min · 1495 words · martinuke0
A clean visualization of probability distributions after different decoding strategies

From Scratch Decoding: Building a Pure-Python Sampler for Transformer Logits

A hands-on guide to building a pure-Python sampler for transformer logits, covering temperature scaling, top-k, top-p, and typical-p decoding from scratch.

October 11, 2026 · 9 min · 1860 words · martinuke0
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Build an Attention Block from Scratch: A Portfolio Project for Systems Engineers

Learn to implement a transformer attention block from scratch in Python, package it as a service, and extend it with production-grade features.

October 10, 2026 · 8 min · 1643 words · martinuke0
A diagram of the embedding adapter architecture.

Building a Self-Supervised Embedding Adapter for Arbitrary Vectors

Learn to build a self-supervised adapter that maps any embedding to a similarity-preserving space, with production-ready PyTorch code.

October 10, 2026 · 6 min · 1087 words · martinuke0
Rust code on a terminal displaying actor system diagnostics

Architecting a Lock-Free Scheduler for High-Throughput Actor Systems in Rust

Exploring lock-free scheduler design patterns for high-throughput actor systems in Rust, with real-world pitfalls and performance benchmarks.

October 10, 2026 · 10 min · 2059 words · martinuke0
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