Alex Jacobs

Beating BERT? Small LLMs vs Fine-Tuned Encoders for Classification
I ran 32 experiments comparing small LLMs to BERT on classification tasks. Turns out 2018-era BERT is still really good at what it does.
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I ran 32 experiments comparing small LLMs to BERT on classification tasks. Turns out 2018-era BERT is still really good at what it does.
Beating BERT? Small LLMs vs Fine-Tuned Encoders for Classification
I ran 32 experiments comparing small LLMs to BERT on classification tasks. Turns out 2018-era BERT is still really good at what it does.
Beating BERT? Small LLMs vs Fine-Tuned Encoders for Classification.md
2026-01-04The Case Against pgvector
What happens when you try to run pgvector in production and discover all the things the blog posts conveniently forgot to mention
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What happens when you try to run pgvector in production and discover all the things the blog posts conveniently forgot to mention
The Case Against pgvector
What happens when you try to run pgvector in production and discover all the things the blog posts conveniently forgot to mention
The Case Against pgvector.md
2025-10-29
A Production Framework for LLM Feature Evaluation
An empirical analysis of LLM application patterns that successfully scale in production systems, focusing on extraction, generation, and classification use cases
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An empirical analysis of LLM application patterns that successfully scale in production systems, focusing on extraction, generation, and classification use cases
A Production Framework for LLM Feature Evaluation
An empirical analysis of LLM application patterns that successfully scale in production systems, focusing on extraction, generation, and classification use cases
A Production Framework for LLM Feature Evaluation.md
2025-06-01
A Computer Made This
OpenAI's 4o image generation is a step change in AI capabilities. A look at what reasoning in pixel space means for creative work.
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OpenAI's 4o image generation is a step change in AI capabilities. A look at what reasoning in pixel space means for creative work.
A Computer Made This
OpenAI's 4o image generation is a step change in AI capabilities. A look at what reasoning in pixel space means for creative work.
A Computer Made This.md
2025-03-27
RAG: From Context Injection to Knowledge Integration
A technical dive into the limitations of current RAG approaches, examining architectural challenges and exploring pathways to more integrated knowledge-aware LLM architectures.
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A technical dive into the limitations of current RAG approaches, examining architectural challenges and exploring pathways to more integrated knowledge-aware LLM architectures.
RAG: From Context Injection to Knowledge Integration
A technical dive into the limitations of current RAG approaches, examining architectural challenges and exploring pathways to more integrated knowledge-aware LLM architectures.
RAG: From Context Injection to Knowledge Integration.md
2025-02-17
Deep Dive into Python Async Programming
A deep dive into Python's asynchronous programming model, exploring the event loop, coroutines, tasks, futures, and the under-the-hood mechanisms that make it all work.
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A deep dive into Python's asynchronous programming model, exploring the event loop, coroutines, tasks, futures, and the under-the-hood mechanisms that make it all work.
Deep Dive into Python Async Programming
A deep dive into Python's asynchronous programming model, exploring the event loop, coroutines, tasks, futures, and the under-the-hood mechanisms that make it all work.
Deep Dive into Python Async Programming.md
2024-01-28
Mastering Integration Testing with FastAPI
Integration Testing FastAPI: Harnessing the Power of Mocking Backend Services with MongoMock, MockS3, and More
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Integration Testing FastAPI: Harnessing the Power of Mocking Backend Services with MongoMock, MockS3, and More
Mastering Integration Testing with FastAPI
Integration Testing FastAPI: Harnessing the Power of Mocking Backend Services with MongoMock, MockS3, and More
Mastering Integration Testing with FastAPI.md
2023-06-11
CheeseGPT
A (Very) Simple RAG Tutorial
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A (Very) Simple RAG Tutorial
CheeseGPT
A (Very) Simple RAG Tutorial
CheeseGPT.md
2023-03-14Effective Error Handling
A simple an effective approach for handling end users who struggle with errors
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A simple an effective approach for handling end users who struggle with errors
Effective Error Handling
A simple an effective approach for handling end users who struggle with errors
Effective Error Handling.md
2022-12-14
Running Jupyter lab behind NGINX--Part 2
Part 2: Configuring Jupyter Lab authentication behind NGINX, handling token-based auth bypass, and securing the reverse proxy setup on EC2.
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Part 2: Configuring Jupyter Lab authentication behind NGINX, handling token-based auth bypass, and securing the reverse proxy setup on EC2.
Running Jupyter lab behind NGINX--Part 2
Part 2: Configuring Jupyter Lab authentication behind NGINX, handling token-based auth bypass, and securing the reverse proxy setup on EC2.
