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Build a LoRA Trainer in Pure NumPy: A Portfolio Project That Signals Systems Mastery

A hands-on build guide for a LoRA adapter trainer with fused low-rank gradients and adapter-aware inference in pure NumPy — the kind of project that signals deep ML and systems expertise to hiring managers.

September 25, 2026 · 13 min · 2575 words · martinuke0
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Build a LoRA Fine-Tuning Engine from Scratch in Pure NumPy

A hands-on guide to building a LoRA fine-tuning engine entirely in NumPy, covering low-rank decomposition, gradient computation, and adapter updates with zero deep-learning framework dependencies.

September 25, 2026 · 11 min · 2308 words · martinuke0
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Hands‑On Build Guide: Speculative Decoding Inference Engine in Python

A step‑by‑step tutorial to build a speculative decoding inference engine in pure Python, demonstrating model parallelism, benchmarking, and production‑grade extensions.

September 24, 2026 · 7 min · 1482 words · martinuke0
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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 showing an inference pipeline architecture diagram with arrows connecting model loader, request queue, and API server components.

Build a Production-Grade Inference Pipeline: A Hands-On CV Project

A step-by-step guide to building a real-time ML inference service with async processing, request batching, and observability — designed to demonstrate production systems engineering on your CV.

September 22, 2026 · 14 min · 2928 words · martinuke0
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