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data-stories

The Tale of Two Contes

February 4, 2026

Antonio Conte has just finished his 2025/26 Champions League run with Napoli, and yet again, the “Scudetto King” looked like a “European Novice.” For those who follow football, it’s well...

technical

From 75% to 99.6%: The Math of LLM Ensembles

January 20, 2026

The last project I worked on involved a lot of LLM API calls. One subtask seemed simple: count elements from a specific list. Straightforward, right? Not quite. This needed production-level...

product strategy

The Trap of Copying the USP

September 28, 2025

Catenaccio, Kolkata biryani, and why copying someone's best feature rarely works.

reflections

Notes on Vibe Coding

September 5, 2025

I have been using LLMs (Claude and ChatGPT) for coding a lot, especially for my secondary languages (like Python). I am fairly comfortable using them as a co-pilot: I design...

reflections

Why I’m Cross-Posting Beyond Substack

September 2, 2025

I have been using Substack for some time now. I have two blog-newsletters: one where I write about my reflections, and another that is data-tech related. As a platform to...

product

When Product Patches Operational Cracks

July 2, 2025

Ever notice how tech companies love slapping on fancy features instead of fixing what’s actually broken? It’s like installing a smart doorbell on a house with no locks. Here’s a...