A diagram of a mixture-of-experts router with multiple expert networks and a gating mechanism

Build a Mixture-of-Experts Router from Scratch: A Portfolio Project That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on guide to building a mixture-of-experts router from scratch in Python, covering top-k gating, capacity factor scheduling, and load balancing loss — a CV-worthy project that signals real systems and ML engineering skill.

September 23, 2026 · 12 min · 2465 words · martinuke0
A code editor displaying a Python sampling loop with temperature and top-k parameters

Build a From-Scratch LLM Sampler: Temperature, Top-k, Top-p in Pure Python

A hands-on guide to building a pure-Python transformer model with a custom decoding loop implementing temperature, top-k, and top-p sampling — a CV-worthy project that demonstrates deep ML systems knowledge.

September 22, 2026 · 13 min · 2679 words · martinuke0
A diagram showing a User Safety monitoring pipeline with event ingestion, processing, and alerting components.

User Safety: safe — A Hands-On Build Guide for Systems Engineers

A complete build guide for a User Safety monitoring system — ‘safe’ — that demonstrates distributed event processing, real-time alerting, and fault tolerance. Includes architecture diagrams, runnable Python code, and a senior-level extension roadmap.

September 20, 2026 · 11 min · 2321 words · martinuke0
A distributed task queue architecture diagram showing clients, a broker, and multiple worker nodes processing jobs.

Build a Distributed Task Queue from Scratch: A Portfolio Project That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on build guide for a distributed task queue side project that demonstrates concurrency, persistence, and distributed systems skills — with real, runnable code and a clear roadmap to production-grade complexity.

September 14, 2026 · 11 min · 2201 words · martinuke0
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