Technology is a Kitchen
Software development and cooking are strangely more similar than they might first appear.
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Hi, I'm Pierson.
I'm a software engineer, designer, and the CEO and co-founder of Jellypod.
I write about things I find interesting— practical applications of AI, product/design, & generative media tech.
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When Should I Blindly Accept Engineering Best Practices?
Generalized best practices exist for a reason - but how do you know if they apply in your specific situation? When should you question them and spend time reasoning if it should be applied blindly?
How I Reduced My LLM Costs by Over 85%
By redesigning the system to use fine-tuned models through OpenPipe, I reduced inference costs by 85%+ while significantly improving output quality.
Corporate America is About to Change Forever
The way businesses will be built going forward have the potential of unlocking trillions of dollars of new value, but businesses who fail to quickly adjust will quickly die.
Defining 'Personhood': AI, Citizenship, and Our Future
A constitutional amendment to clarify US citizenship is a human-only right might seem absurd, but rapid advancements in AI and their increasingly human-like interactions raise important questions.