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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 BPE Tokenizer From Scratch in Pure Python

A hands-on build guide for a Byte Pair Encoding tokenizer in pure Python — complete with architecture diagrams, runnable code, testing strategy, and a senior-level extension roadmap.

September 23, 2026 · 11 min · 2251 words · martinuke0
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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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User Safety: Safe — A Portfolio Project That Signals Systems Skill

Build a user safety microservice in Go that validates content, enforces rate limits, and scales horizontally — a portfolio project proving you can ship real systems.

September 20, 2026 · 4 min · 647 words · martinuke0
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Building a HNSW Vector Index from Scratch in Python

Learn to build a HNSW‑based vector index from scratch, demonstrating systems skills that catch hiring managers’ eyes.

September 19, 2026 · 4 min · 821 words · martinuke0
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