A walkthrough of how Modal starts multi-gigabyte container images without downloading them. Rebuilt as a small FUSE filesystem.

A walkthrough of the audio fingerprinting algorithm behind Shazam. No machine learning, just FFTs, peak picking, and hash table lookups.

Reflections on spending four years at Tinybird: the technical growth, cultural values, remote work realities, and the gradual realization that it was time to move on.

AI confidently gave me bogus benchmark results. I caught it because I knew enough to be suspicious. Trust but verify, and you need expertise to verify.

A benchmark to prove alignment matters goes sideways. Sometimes being wrong teaches you more than being right ever could.

The frustration of feeling like a buffer instead of a builder, and learning to measure impact through team success rather than personal output

Query Booster is an intelligent feature that automatically monitors your database usage patterns and optimizes performance by fine-tuning data source schemas.

Forget coding perfection. Real engineering magic happens when you understand problems, communicate clearly, and deliver value that matters.

Here's how we fixed a problem that had stumped us for over a year and saw a 5x performance improvement in the process.

Life would be easier if SQL and databases were more than just tools for data. Imagine building a machine learning algorithm with just SQL and ClickHouse

From 2015 to 2020, I participated in Quantopian and Numerai tournaments, earning around $350k and embarking on a highly profitable journey