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The Production ML Pipeline Nobody Tells You About

Your model hit 91% accuracy in Jupyter. Adorable. Now deploy it to production where data drifts, APIs fail silently, and your beautiful notebook becomes 90% plumbing code. Welcome to the real ML game.

Machine Learning MLOps Production Systems
December 2, 2025 9 min read

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Outliers Aren't Noise They're the Signal You're Ignoring

That data point 6 sigma out? You just deleted the fraud, the edge case that breaks production, and the future screaming at you. Why your reflex to remove outliers is murdering the only signal that matters.

Data Science Machine Learning Statistics
November 25, 2025 10 min read

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Your RAG System Is Just a Really Tall Tree

Ever wondered what happens when you call .similarity_search()? Journey from Binary Search Trees to K-D Trees to modern vector databases, and understand the evolution behind RAG retrieval.

RAG Vector Search Data Structures
November 16, 2025 7 min read

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Surviving the Black Screen: Essential Linux Commands for Beginners

Just landed your first tech job and freaking out about SSH and Linux commands? You're not alone. This guide breaks down the essential commands you actually need from navigating directories to managing processes so you can focus on coding instead of panicking.

Linux Command Line Terminal
November 9, 2025 7-8 min read