Articles

All 40 posts, newest first.

Everything published here so far. Filter by topic, or sort by what gets read most.

EngineeringFeb 24, 2025 · 5 min read

Docker's Dynamic MCP and the Context Window Problem

Fifty tool definitions crammed into the context window costs tokens, degrades reasoning, and risks hallucinations. Docker's containerized MCP Gateway and dynamic discovery flip the model.

205 min read
Docker's Dynamic MCP and the Context Window Problem
EngineeringFeb 18, 2025 · 3 min read

Apple's AI Coding Assistant in Xcode: Local-First Engineering on Apple Silicon

How Apple built predictive code completion directly into Xcode 16 using the Apple Neural Engine. Zero cloud roundtrips, offline privacy, and Swift specialization.

103 min read
Apple's AI Coding Assistant in Xcode: Local-First Engineering on Apple Silicon
EngineeringDec 25, 2024 · 2 min read

Running Google's Gemma Through Hugging Face

Gemma is capable and open source. Hugging Face is what makes getting to it straightforward.

002 min read
Running Google's Gemma Through Hugging Face
EngineeringDec 02, 2024 · 2 min read

AWS Launches Bedrock Studio for Building Generative AI Apps

A web-based prototyping environment with foundation models, knowledge bases, agents, and guardrails. Public preview, two regions.

002 min read
AWS Launches Bedrock Studio for Building Generative AI Apps
EngineeringNov 25, 2024 · 4 min read

Document Question-Answering with Pinecone and Gemini

Pinecone Serverless for sub-50ms vector retrieval, Google's Gemini for grounded synthesis. A complete end-to-end Python implementation with metadata filtering.

004 min read
Document Question-Answering with Pinecone and Gemini
EngineeringNov 18, 2024 · 4 min read

Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro API: Multimodal Intelligence and 2M Token Context

Massive context windows, native multimodality, and structured schema outputs: how developers can build production systems on Google AI Studio.

004 min read
Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro API: Multimodal Intelligence and 2M Token Context