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Writing

Engineering write-ups on real decisions behind my work — starting with latency, workflow control, and the trade-offs that don't show up in a demo.

2026-06-10

5 min read

Perceived Latency Is a Path-Design Problem, Not a Model-Speed Problem

A confirmation step took around 96 seconds. The obvious fix was a faster model. The real fix was moving work the user never needed to wait for off the critical path.

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AILatencySystem design

2026-07-04

5 min read

What Healthcare IT Taught Me About Software Reliability

Reliability is not only a system uptime metric. In a clinical environment, a restored service is only half the work; the other half is turning the incident into prevention.

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ReliabilityHealthcare ITOperations