Side-Project

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.

Code editor showing Python vector quantization implementation

Build a Pure Python IVF Index with Product Quantization and Residual Vector Quantization

A hands-on guide to building a pure Python IVF index with product quantization and residual vector quantization — a portfolio project that signals deep systems and ML infrastructure skill to hiring managers.

Byte-level BPE tokenizer source code on a laptop screen

Byte-Level BPE Tokenizer: A Hands-On Build Guide for Your CV

A practical, step-by-step guide to building a byte-level BPE tokenizer with regex pre-tokenization, signaling real NLP systems engineering skill to hiring managers.

A visualization of memory blocks and tokens in a neural network inference engine

Building a Mini LLM Inference Engine in Pure Python

A hands-on guide to building a mini LLM inference engine featuring PagedAttention and advanced KV cache management, designed to demonstrate production-grade systems architecture on your CV.

Abstract illustration of a token stream passing through a draft and verification pipeline.

Speculative Decoding with a Draft N‑gram Model: A Pure‑Python Inference Engine

This project demonstrates end‑to‑end inference engineering, from language modeling to low‑latency token generation, and signals strong systems skills to hiring managers.