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Coding Agents in Large Codebases

If your AI agent cannot handle a simple TypeScript ticket, you are not broken. Your boss is not magically smarter either. The gap is not your …

Trying to analyze the S&P500 using AI agents

Over the holiday break, I decided to try to use AI agents to help me analyze some of the S&P500 stocks to see if they could uncover any interesting …

Devcontainers

Devcontainers1 are a fantastic way to create consistent and reproducible development environments using containerisation technology like Docker.

I also …

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Hidden Limits of LLMs: when they don't work

There is so much excitement and hype about generative AI and the large language models (LLMs) that power it. These massive bets assume that LLMs will …

A Peek Behind the Quant Curtain

This evening I had a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and, as usual, it is one that is full of business people who are either tired and just want to go …

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Cognitive Mental Shortcuts

Every day, we rely on mental shortcuts.

These shortcuts, also known as cognitive biases, help us make quick decisions. But they also blur the line …

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How LLM's Work: The Magical Kitchen

Picture an LLM as a chef in a magical kitchen, crafting responses like a creating your very own custom dish.

For business leaders, generative AI is …

What is this AI and why should you care?

Imagine AI as a brilliant assistant who never sleeps, is capable of analyzing data (lots of data!), generating ideas based on what it’s learned, …

Getting the Most Out of AI in 2025

There are several distinct types of AI - when we use the words “generative AI” or “gen AI”, we are usually referring to Large …

DeepSeek Explored

Over the weekend of the 25th of January, 2025, the word DeepSeek emerged into the consciousness of the Internet and took it by storm. For many …