How I Upscaled 4,000 Video Frames with RunPod and ComfyUI
How I used RunPod, ComfyUI, shared storage, and four GPU workers to upscale 4,000 video frames in a few hours for about $21.
AI Engineering
Notes & essays
The blog.
Working notes on building AI automation, scraping pipelines, RAG systems, and the Python backends that hold them together. Written as I ship — for B2B engineers and the teams hiring them.
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Why I'm Using Moondream Instead of Cloud Vision APIs
Moondream vs GPT Vision vs Gemini: local vision AI that runs on your laptop. Free image captioning, OCR, object detection, and visual Q&A without API costs. Includes Python examples and GitHub repo.
Computer Vision
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Maybe LLM CLI Is All You Need.
Boost developer productivity with command-line AI tools. Learn Simon Willison's LLM CLI, build custom translation tools, and automate git commits. Practical examples for terminal-based AI workflows.
Developer Tools
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LLM Data Extraction: A Complete Guide to Document Processing Libraries and Tools
Master document processing for LLMs with this comprehensive guide covering open-source libraries, premium APIs, and cloud services. Compare PyMuPDF, Unstructured.io, Docling, and LlamaParse for your RAG systems.
AI Engineering
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The AI Revolution in 2025: Key Insights from Industry Research and Market Trends
Comprehensive analysis of AI trends in 2025. Explore market growth, training vs inference costs, NVIDIA dominance, open source vs closed source AI, and global AI competition between US and China.
AI Trends
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Mastering UV Scripts: Simplifying Python Development with UV Package Manager
Complete UV package manager tutorial for Python developers. Learn inline script dependencies, fast virtual environments, and practical shortcuts. Includes code examples and comparison with pip.
Python
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Managing LLM API Keys: A Production Guide to Cloud AI Services and OpenRouter
Complete guide to secure LLM API key management. Compare OpenRouter vs AWS Bedrock vs Google Vertex AI for production AI deployments with best practices for security, scaling, and cost optimization.
AI Infrastructure
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How to use Pydantic AI: Building Type-Safe LLM Applications
Learn how to build production-ready AI applications with Pydantic AI. Complete tutorial with code examples for structured outputs, dependency injection, multi-agent systems, and error handling.
AI Engineering