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      <title><![CDATA[Why I Think AI Won't Replace Developers (But Will Replace the Lazy Ones)]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Feynman Technique: How to Actually Learn Anything]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Richard Feynman's four-step method for learning any concept deeply. The secret: if you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Most People Get Wrong About LLMs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LLMs are not search engines, not databases, and not reasoning machines. Understanding what they actually are changes how you build with them.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RAG Is Not Just Retrieval]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How I built a multi-tenant SaaS platform with an LLM-powered diagnostic assistant for heavy-duty truck repair shops — an industry that still manages everything with whiteboards and paper tickets.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building ACRAS: Real-Time Crash Detection from Highway Cameras]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How I built a multi-model computer vision pipeline that detects vehicle crashes from 50+ DOT highway cameras across 10 US states and generates incident reports in under 30 seconds.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building FleetSight: Making 4.4 Million Carrier Records Actually Useful]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How I turned the FMCSA's raw federal dataset into a sub-second search tool with safety analytics, chameleon carrier detection, and a 7-tab carrier intelligence view.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building maintAIn: LLMs for Student Wellbeing at the OSU AI Hackathon]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How our team built a FERPA-compliant AI platform that detects early signs of student burnout using IBM WatsonX Granite — designed and shipped in 48 hours, winning 3rd place in the Education track.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Letter to High School Graduates]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Practical advice I wish someone had given me after graduation — on learning, career decisions, and building good habits.]]></description>
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