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Machine learning, model training, LLMs, and AI-assisted development
I Built a Portfolio Chatbot That Can Tell Recruiters to Pass on Me
Most developer portfolio bots are glorified hype machines. I built one with anti-sycophancy guardrails baked into the schema: a not_a_fit verdict, structured gap data, and a system prompt that treats honesty as the value proposition. Here's what that looks like in practice, and why it's outperformed every friendlier version I tried.
Read more2025: London, Level 69, and Learning to Build with AI
This year brought unexpected milestones: navigating the London Tube with my teenage son, hitting a 2-year Spanish streak on Duolingo, diving deep into open-source AI models, and launching a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Here's what stood out, what I learned, and why 2025 felt like a year of showing up and following through.
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