Data-first vision models
Why I obsess over dataset quality before tuning architectures, with checklists for balance, leakage, and robustness.
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Notes on building AI products and staying curious.
Short essays and field notes from research, teaching, and creative projects. These posts inform how I solve problems with teams.
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Making experiments legible
Playbooks for writing logs, tables, and visuals that let collaborators reproduce results without endless back-and-forth.
Read noteBridging academia and product
How to translate research findings into product questions, metrics, and milestones that teams can ship against.
Read notePhotography as model training
Lessons from shooting street and landscape photos that map surprisingly well to dataset design and labeling rigor.
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