Which Predictor? How GEPA Optimizes a Multi-Agent DSPy Program
A multi-agent DSPy program is really several prompts in a trench coat. Here is how GEPA figures out which agent it is improving, and how it hands the better prompt back.
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A personal blog about engineering, learning, and creativity.
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LLM Optimization Is a Search Problem, and DSPy Makes It Easy
I tried seven ways to make a DSPy program faster and cheaper: three adapters, TOON, a custom adapter I almost wrote, JSON Patch, and finally diffs. Most lost. The real lesson was that DSPy and GEPA made the search cheap enough to run.
You won't be talking to AI in natural language for too long
Natural language will make AI accessible. Expert language will make it powerful.
Teaching Codex to Test a Voice-First Calendar
How I got Codex, FlowDeck, XCUITest, Loopback, and a local backend to test KIN's voice calendar path end to end.
Setting up Google sign in for Chrome extensions with Supabase
The least painful setup I found: Chrome owns the auth window, Supabase owns OAuth and PKCE, and a tiny relay page sends the result back.
Helix: Closing the Loop on DSPy Programs
Why I think DSPy programs need a managed optimization loop, not scattered experiments.
The Introvert Misdiagnosis: When Avoidance Gets Mistaken for Personality
Introversion and diminished social skills can look identical from the outside, but they are not the same thing.
Is Data Curation the New Feature Engineering?
Drawing parallels between Feature Engineering in traditional ML and Data Curation in AI Engineering.
Waiting for the Let's Encrypt Moment for Content Authenticity
Content Authenticity is missing the catalyst that made HTTPS Universal.
Strategy and Program: Two Concepts for working with DSPy
Introducing two Nouns that make working with DSPy clearer.
DSPy: Track Token Usage per-Module
Getting granular token usage from nested DSPy modules
Non-Obvious Things I Learned About GEPA
I failed at GEPA, then learned a few things.
DSPy Parallel Chunk Streaming
Streaming Named Chunks from Parallel DSPy Modules
DSPy Status Streaming
Real-Time Tool Call Updates in DSPy with Status Streaming
Managing Tools in DSPy
Type-Safe Tool Contracts for Multi-Module DSPy Programs
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My thinking behind this Blog Site.