Everything Is Downstream of Technology
In which I tell you why the only thing that matters is technology.
Hacky Experiments
Bilal Tahir's playground for AI experiments, technical deep dives, and product engineering — built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and a love for shipping fast.
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Why I Write
I used to write for myself, but am doing it increasingly more for the machines.
The Revenge of The Measurers
AI is gutting the middle of the org chart first. The cuts, the inequality runaway, and why proactive UBI is the only way through the backlash.
I shipped 4 React libraries in a weekend
I treated LLM agents like a parallel engineering team. Four repos shipped. The real trick was specs, taste, and ruthless polish.
Machines of Loving Embrace
Most of us will willingly retreat into our own little islands — VR worlds with our AIs. And I think it will be glorious.
The Agent-to-Agent Economy Is Going to Be Bigger Than We Think
Most of the conversation is about human-agent interaction. But the real unlock is the agent-agent economy — and it could be hundreds of times bigger than the human economy.
Spec-Driven Development: The Shift from Writing Code to Writing Requirements
The best engineers I know have stopped writing code first. They write specs. Then they let agents do the rest.
The GPT-3.5 Problem: Why Great Tech Fails Without the Right Interface
The gap between capability and adoption is almost never about the tech. It's about the interface.
JFK-RAG Adventures: Playing Detective Using Some Python
Diving into Python to scrape, parse, and index the newly released JFK files into a searchable database.
Gemini Flash Experiments: Multimodal AI in Action
Exploring the multimodal capabilities of Google's Gemini Flash with three interactive demos.
How I Build Fast (Without Being Actually Fast)
Learn how I build fast without being actually fast.
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