Saeed Esmaili is a data scientist in Amsterdam working at Spotify, focused on developer productivity, platform strategy, LLMs, and recommendation systems, sharing notes and insights along the way.
31 articles from this blog
Practical tips for writing technical documentation that is optimized for LLM question-answering tools, improving developer experience.
Discusses the professional benefits of being willing to ask questions and pursue unconventional ideas, even if they seem stupid.
A comparison of Alfred and Raycast productivity launchers, focusing on pricing models and target user types.
Analysis of LLM wrapper libraries like LangChain and Guardrails, examining their hidden prompts and API call efficiency for structured JSON output.
Introduces BigQuery's new GROUP BY ALL syntax, which automatically infers grouping keys from SELECT items to simplify complex SQL queries.
An overview of classless CSS libraries for quickly styling small web projects without large frameworks.
A developer's detailed workflow for using RSS feeds and tools like Inoreader to replace social media and manage content consumption efficiently.
A curated list of online color palette generators and tools, including features like Tailwind CSS export and AI integration.
Explores the gap between generative AI's perceived quality in open-ended play and its practical effectiveness for specific, goal-oriented tasks.
A critique of AI-powered search tools like Arc Search, arguing they hide traditional search engines, raise trust issues, and harm web content creators.
A developer shares their experience and step-by-step process for migrating a blog from GatsbyJS to the Hugo static site generator.
