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I'm an independent consultant, staff-level machine learning engineer, angel investor, startup advisor, and a16z scout. I write about open source, consulting, and how to systematically improve AI applications.

After years at top tech companies, RSI forced me to reinvent myself. Instead of writing code, I now teach teams to work more scientifically—measuring improvements, iterating quickly, and focusing on what truly matters.

I’ve helped dozens of teams adapt to AI’s rapid evolution. When I’m not consulting, I produce educational content and courses to help more engineers thrive in the changing AI landscape.

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I'm also the creator of Instructor, a popular Python library for structured outputs from LLMs, which was cited by the OpenAI team as inspiration for their structured output feature. We currently have over 8000 stars and 1M monthly downloads.

Independent Consulting¶

I run a solo consulting practice focused on helping startups build better practises as many software companies transition to AI.

... including many others like New Computer, Sandbar, Dunbar, Bytebot, Kay.ai, Raycast, Weights & Biases, Modal Labs, Timescale, and Pydantic.

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