Code editor showing Go source code for a distributed task queue system with terminal output logs

Build a Distributed Task Queue from Scratch: A Systems Engineer's Portfolio Project

A hands-on guide to building a distributed task queue in Go with Raft consensus, write-ahead log persistence, worker pools, and a live dashboard — the kind of project that signals real distributed systems skill on a CV.

September 21, 2026 · 11 min · 2226 words · martinuke0
A visualization of LLM sampling distributions at different temperature settings, showing probability mass shifting from peaked to flat.

Build a From-Scratch LLM Sampler: Temperature, Top-k/Top-p, and Multinomial Sampling vs. Hugging Face

A hands-on guide to building a from-scratch LLM sampler with temperature scaling, top-k/top-p warping, and multinomial sampling, benchmarked against Hugging Face. Includes runnable code and a roadmap to production.

September 20, 2026 · 14 min · 2888 words · martinuke0
A visualization of a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with sparse routing paths

Build a Sparse MoE Inference Engine from Scratch in NumPy

A hands-on guide to building a sparse MoE inference engine in pure NumPy, covering top-k gating, capacity-constrained token dispatch, and differentiable load balancing — a portfolio project that signals deep systems and ML engineering skill.

September 19, 2026 · 14 min · 2828 words · martinuke0
A visualization of ring attention with tokens flowing in a circular topology across GPU devices.

Build a Ring Attention Engine: A Hands-On Guide for Signal-Level Systems Engineers

A hands-on build guide for implementing ring attention — the technique behind near-infinite context transformers — as a portfolio project that signals deep distributed systems and ML engineering skill to hiring managers.

September 19, 2026 · 16 min · 3361 words · martinuke0
A conceptual diagram of speculative decoding showing a fast draft model feeding tokens to a larger verifier model.

Build a Speculative Decoding Engine: A Portfolio Project That Signals Real Systems Skill

A hands-on guide to building a speculative decoding engine with a draft model and verifier in pure Python. This project signals deep systems expertise and is practical enough to actually complete, with real runnable code at every step.

September 16, 2026 · 13 min · 2751 words · martinuke0
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