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19h ago
Python 3.14 and its New JIT Compiler
A technical overview and some benchmarks The post Python 3.14 and its New JIT Compiler appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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21h ago
Building a Custom GStreamer Plugin for NVIDIA DeepStream
Why Custom Inference in DeepStream? The post Building a Custom GStreamer Plugin for NVIDIA DeepStream appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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22h ago
I Tried to Schedule My ETL Pipeline. Here’s What I Didn’t Expect.
What I thought was a scheduling problem turned out to be a portability problem first The post I Tried to Schedule My ETL Pipeline. Here’s What I Didn’t Expect.
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1d ago
Parse Scanned PDFs for RAG with EasyOCR: Free OCR Gives You Words, Not a Document
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #5quinquies] - Same 1974 scanned PDF, two engines. EasyOCR recovers text. Docling recovers text + sections + figures. Th
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1d ago
GPU-Resident Top-K for Agentic RAG: I Built a CUDA Kernel So My Retrieval Step Would Stop Bouncing Off the GPU
The PCIe transfer latency is silently bottlenecking your agentic inference. Here is how building a custom device-resident vector search kernel bypasses the CPU
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🧠 Large Language Models
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1d ago
Structured Outputs with LLMs: JSON Mode, Function Calling, and When to Use Each
Getting reliable, readable responses out of your LLM, and knowing which tool to reach for The post Structured Outputs with LLMs: JSON Mode, Function Calling, an
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1d ago
How Powerful is Claude Fable (Mythos) 5 for Coding?
Learn about the upsides and downsides of Claude Fable 5 The post How Powerful is Claude Fable (Mythos) 5 for Coding? appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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1d ago
Proteins: A Mosaic Pattern to Rule Them All?
For decades, the existence of the hydrophobic core, a region in the 3D structure of proteins where hydrophobic amino acids reside together, has been considered
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2d ago
Dispatching the Parsed RAG Question: Chunk Strategy, Model Tier, Activations, Audit
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #6c] - The decisions the parser makes on top of the user string, using the document’s profile: dispatch, activations, fu
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2d ago
The Power and Pitfalls of Vector-Based Image Search
A hands-on guide to setting up image similarity search in Milvus, and why visual replication isn't always enough. The post The Power and Pitfalls of Vector-Base
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2d ago
Your Churn Threshold Is a Pricing Decision
How unit economics should set your classification cutoff, and why they rarely do. The post Your Churn Threshold Is a Pricing Decision appeared first on Towards
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2d ago
The Secret to Reproducible and Portable Optimization: ORPilot’s Intermediate Representation (IR)
Why production-level AI optimization modeling agent needs reproducibility and portability, and how IR helps achieve them The post The Secret to Reproducible and
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3d ago
You Probably Don’t Need an Agent Framework
Most LLM applications need a clear workflow, not an autonomous agent. Here's how to build one in plain Python. The post You Probably Don’t Need an Agent Framewo
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3d ago
What the Question Parser Extracts from a User String: Keywords, Scope, Shape, Decomposition, Clarification
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #6b] - The five field families the parser reads straight from the user’s question, with the code that fills each one The
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3d ago
Drilling Into AI’s Financial Sustainability
Budgets for AI tokens can’t be infinite, no matter how much hyperscalers wish they were The post Drilling Into AI’s Financial Sustainability appeared first on T
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3d ago
Run a Local LLM with OpenClaw on Your Mac Mini
Tired of your monthly API bill? Follow this tested guide to set up a high-performance local LLM on your Mac Mini without the headaches. The post Run a Local LLM
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4d ago
LLM Fallbacks Break Agent Pipelines — I Built the Missing Recovery Layer
LLM rate limits don't just interrupt agent pipelines—they can silently corrupt structured outputs when fallback models receive incompatible payloads. I built a
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4d ago
RAG Questions Need Parsing Too: Turn the User’s String Into Briefs for Retrieval and Generation
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #6a] - Why a user question deserves the same parsing as the document, and how it splits into a retrieval brief and a gen
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4d ago
How to Effectively Align with Claude Code
Increase productivity with your LLMs The post How to Effectively Align with Claude Code appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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🤖 AI Agents & Automation
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4d ago
The Protocol That Cleaned Up Our Agent Architecture
A detailed look at MCP that turned my scattered tool definitions into a stable, discoverable server The post The Protocol That Cleaned Up Our Agent Architecture
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5d ago
I Built 11 Models to Predict the 2026 World Cup. They Crown Four Different Champions.
A single model hands you a single answer and no sense of how much it hinges on the dozens of choices buried inside it. The post I Built 11 Models to Predict the
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5d ago
The System Always Knows: Why Local Efficiency and System Performance Are Not the Same Problem
How local optimization in last‑mile delivery can quietly break the system The post The System Always Knows: Why Local Efficiency and System Performance Are Not
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5d ago
4 Lines You Should Include in Your Claude Skill
Without these, Claude will be confidently wrong. The post 4 Lines You Should Include in Your Claude Skill appeared first on Towards Data Science .
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5d ago
Vision LLMs are PDF Parsers Too: Reading Charts and Diagrams for RAG
Enterprise Document Intelligence [Vol.1 #5quater] - The other parsers read the words on a page. A vision model also reads the pictures The post Vision LLMs are
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