$ whoami — Engineering Manager · ANZ · Melbourne

Building reliable systems & the teams behind them.

Engineering Manager at ANZ, Melbourne. I write about distributed systems, quality engineering, and putting agentic AI to work across the software delivery lifecycle — with the evaluation and human-in-the-loop guardrails that keep it safe in production.

// Featured Writing

• genaillamaindex

  Fine-tuning Generative AI Models: A Practical Guide with LlamaIndex and Modern Frameworks

  Explore the latest techniques for fine-tuning generative AI models using LlamaIndex, Hugging Face Transformers, and parameter-efficient methods like LoRA and QLoRA. This guide covers everything from data preparation to deployment, ensuring your AI applications are contextually relevant and efficient.

  22 Jul, 2025
• genaivector search

  RAG is Not Always Vector Search! Debunking a Common Misconception in Generative

  This blog post explores the misconception that Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is synonymous with vector search, highlighting the diverse retrieval methods available for effective RAG implementations.

  7 Jul, 2025
• genaiintent-classification

  Building Robust Intent Classifiers with Generative AI: A Modern Approach

  Discover how to leverage generative AI models like GPT, Gemini, and Claude to build sophisticated intent classifiers that power next-generation AI applications and multi-agent systems.

  29 Jun, 2025

// Topics I write about

• genai
• LLM
• rag
• mcp
• testing
• kafka

• genaiprotocol

  The Unseen Engine of Modern AI Agents: A Deep Dive into JSON-RPC

  Explore how JSON-RPC serves as the backbone for modern AI agents, enabling seamless communication and integration across diverse systems.

  20 Jun, 2025
• genaiprotocol

  Model Context Protocol The "USB-C" for AI

  Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a groundbreaking open standard poised to revolutionize how we build and interact with AI, often hailed as the 'USB-C for AI'.

  10 Apr, 2025
• mathematicsprogramming

  Essential Mathematics for Better Programming

  This guide explores the fundamental mathematical concepts that every programmer should know to improve their programming skills.

  6 Jan, 2025
• golangvscode

  VS Code Setup for Golang Programming

  This guide walks you through creating the perfect VS Code setup for Go development in 2025.

  5 Jan, 2025
• pythondependency

  python dependency management

  This blog talked about python dependency management using pipx and poetry

  2 Jan, 2025