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Written and curated by Zainab Shujat. Exploring the friction points where software theory meets physical hardware, learning curves, and engineering craft.

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AI & Cognition7m

I Finally Found Out What Claude Is Doing While It's "Thinking"

I just found out what Claude is actually doing while I wait for it to answer my prompts, and it’s kinda wild. Here is what’s actually happening under the hood when we use reasoning models for our engineering work.

July 8, 2026Read

AI & Cognition11m

Attention Weights, Latent Manifolds, and Epistemic Illusions

We often speak of large language models as though they "understand" syntax. In reality, they trace geometric geodesics across hyper-dimensional manifold spaces. Here is an intuitive derivation for engineers.

August 14, 2026Read