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Real-world experiments, systems design, and notes on what I learn while building.

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How Neural Networks Understand Text, Part 1: From ANN to RNN

See how a feed-forward network represents text, how an RNN processes words in sequence, and why long-term dependencies are difficult to learn.

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How Storage Engines Affect Primary Key Performance: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

A simple experiment comparing how MySQL and PostgreSQL handle random vs sequential IDs across 1 million rows.