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Large Language Models Explained: How ChatGPT and Its Cousins Work

You've heard of ChatGPT, but how does it actually work? Under the hood, it's powered by a Large Language Model, or LLM. At its core, an LLM is a type of ar…

Transfer Learning: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Unless you have a massive dataset and a cluster of GPUs, training a state-of-the-art model from scratch is usually a waste of time. I use transfer learning…

Fine-Tuning Claude with System Prompts: Advanced Techniques

System prompts are one of the most powerful and underused features for anyone building with the Claude API. They let you shape how Claude behaves throughou…

Java Memory Management: Avoiding OutOfMemoryErrors

My worst production moment was at 3 AM on a Saturday. The application started throwing `OutOfMemoryError`. The heap was full, and the GC was thrashing. I h…

MLOps: Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations

MLOps is basically DevOps but with extra headaches. It’s about automating the entire ML lifecycle: from data ingestion to model training to deployment an…

The Privacy Trade-Off in AI Coding Assistants

Using AI coding assistants often means sharing your code with third-party servers. This privacy trade-off deserves more attention. For open-source projects…

Bengaluru: India's Tech Hub and Garden City

Bengaluru, or Bangalore as many still call it, surprised me. I was expecting a modern, tech focused city, and it is that, but it is also a city with a surp…

How to Eat Your Way Through the South on a Budget

When I first landed in Nashville, I was convinced I needed to eat at the famous hot chicken spots with the hour-long lines. Then a local told me to look fo…

The Paradox of Choice: How More Options Make Us Miserable

In the early 2000s, psychologist Barry Schwartz published a book arguing that the explosion of consumer choice in modern life, far from being an unambiguou…

BRICS Expansion: Is India Losing Influence to China?

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) recently decided to expand, inviting countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, and Egypt. On the surface…

How to Choose the Right Travel Insurance for Your US Trip

AWS Support Plans: When You Need Help

AWS offers different support plans ranging from Basic to Enterprise. As a beginner, Basic support is fine—it includes documentation, forums, and account…

The Psychology of Lying: Why Everyone Lies and Nobody Admits It

Bella DePaulo and her colleagues asked college students and community members to keep a diary of all their social interactions and to record any lies they…

State Management in Vanilla JavaScript

Frameworks like React have popularized the concept of 'state'—the data that changes over time. But you can implement state management in vanilla JavaScri…

Python for Data Visualization: Matplotlib and Seaborn

Data visualization is a key part of data analysis. Python offers several libraries for creating plots and charts. Matplotlib is the foundational library. I…

Multimodal Claude: How to Use Image Analysis Features

Claude isn't just a text model anymore. The ability to understand and reason about images has opened up a significant range of new use cases. Here's how to…

Artifact Registry: Where My Containers Go to Be Safe

I used Docker Hub for a while. It was fine until I had a private image that I didn't want public. Then I discovered Artifact Registry on GCP. It's a privat…

Eating in Dubai: A Food Guide That Goes Beyond the Obvious

Dubai is a genuinely extraordinary food city, though you could spend a week here eating at international chains and never discover this. The real depth of…

Securing Java Applications with Spring Security

The Claude Pro Plan: Is It Worth the Upgrade?

Claude.ai's free tier gives you a taste of what Claude can do, but heavy users often find themselves hitting limits fairly quickly. The Pro plan costs arou…

Artifact Registry: Where My Containers Go to Be Safe

I used Docker Hub for a while. It was fine until I had a private image that I didn't want public. Then I discovered Artifact Registry on GCP. It's a privat…

Claude vs Llama: Open Source vs Closed AI Compared

The distinction between open-source and closed AI models is one of the more important fault lines in the AI landscape right now. Claude (closed, from Anthr…

Google's Search Monopoly and Why Regulators Are Furious

Google handles over 90 percent of searches worldwide. That is not a market share. That is a monopoly. Regulators in the US and Europe are suing Google. The…

Microsoft's Windows 11 Demands Are Leaving Millions of Computers Behind

Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0. That is a security chip. Most computers from before 2018 do not have it. Microsoft says it is for your safety. Critics say it…

Meta's Content Moderation Nightmare Nobody Can Solve

Every day, billions of posts go up on Facebook and Instagram. Most are fine. Some are hate speech. Some are misinformation. Some are child exploitation. Me…

Claude 101: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI

So you've heard about Claude, right? That fancy AI assistant everyone's talking about. I was skeptical too. Thought it was just another chatbot that would…

Photo and Signature Guidelines for UPSC Form – Don’t Get Rejected

One of the top reasons for UPSC form rejection is incorrect photo or signature. Photo must be 3.5 cm width x 4.5 cm height. Background should be white or l…

The One Political Habit I Quit (And What I Do Instead)

I used to check Twitter every morning. Scrolling through hot takes, outrage, and people yelling at strangers. It made me anxious and cynical. So I quit col…

Opening Your First Bank Account in the U.S. – What Nobody Tells You

So you want to open a bank account in America. Good move. But let me tell you what the teller won't say while you're sitting there with your passport and s…

Why Americans Still Use Checks (And You Might Have To)

You'll hear people say checks are outdated. And yeah, for everyday stuff they are. But try paying your landlord with Venmo. Or your plumber. Or that old-sc…

The Lonely Feeling of Talking to AI Too Much

Nobody warns you about this. You start using ChatGPT for small things. Quick answers. A joke when you're bored. Then one day you realize you've typed more…

Why You Should Stop Worrying About AI Taking Your Job

Every time a new AI tool drops, someone posts a tweet about mass unemployment. But here’s what they don’t tell you. AI isn’t replacing you. A person…

I Used Only AI Tools for a Week. Here’s What Broke.

Last week I decided to go all in. ChatGPT for emails. Midjourney for presentation images. Otter for meeting notes. Even an AI fitness coach that yelled at…

Why Americans Still Use Checks (And You Might Have To)

You'll hear people say checks are outdated. And yeah, for everyday stuff they are. But try paying your landlord with Venmo. Or your plumber. Or that old-sc…

Opening Your First Bank Account in the U.S. – What Nobody Tells You

So you want to open a bank account in America. Good move. But let me tell you what the teller won't say while you're sitting there with your passport and s…

That Email Your Boss Wrote? It Might Be AI. Here's How to Tell.

Look at your inbox. I'll wait. See that perfectly structured message from your manager? No typos. Bullet points that actually make sense. A polite opener a…