Side-Project

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From‑Scratch Speculative Decoding Engine in Pure Python

A hands‑on guide to building a from‑scratch speculative decoding engine in pure Python, with draft‑then‑verify sampling, temperature, top‑k and nucleus (top‑p) sampling, all using only numpy. Perfect for a CV‑boosting side project.

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Hands‑On: Building a User‑Safety Portfolio Project with Safe

A hands‑on guide to creating a user‑safety tracking system that demonstrates real‑world backend skills, from API design to observability, and ships as a reproducible Docker container.

Build a Pure-Python HNSW Graph: A Hands-On Portfolio CV Project

A step-by-step guide to implementing a pure-Python HNSW graph, with runnable code, testing, and extension paths that demonstrate real systems engineering depth for your CV.

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Build a Differentiable Top‑k Gating Network for MoE Layers from Scratch with NumPy

Learn how to implement a fully differentiable top‑k gating network in NumPy, enabling you to prototype mixture‑of‑experts layers and showcase a concrete, production‑ready side project on your CV.

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Hands‑On Build Guide: Minimal Mixture‑of‑Experts Router with Softmax Gating in Python

A step‑by‑step guide to building a minimal Mixture‑of‑Experts router in pure Python, complete with runnable code, testing, and production‑level extension ideas.