Why the schema introspector beats hand-written converters
We shipped a 175-line BIO-to-spans converter for the Kaggle PII dataset. Then we threw it away and built a column sniffer. Here's why the sniffer wins.
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Engineering notes on small language model fine-tuning infrastructure.
These posts support the product and the Academy: dataset ingestion, task-aware evaluation, and design decisions behind local, auditable small language model workflows. No content mill, just the implementation details that matter.
Inside the task-aware eval handler dispatcher
One generic "pass rate" metric flatters classification and lies about NER. The story of a real eval bug, how the dispatcher fixes it, and what each task handler does that the others can't.
ReadGamifying a dev tool without making it a toy
Most gamified developer tools feel infantilizing. We tried it anyway. The Lab Journal progression layer, the design rules we kept, and what we explicitly refused to ship.
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