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Maxim Khailo

16 Nov 2009

Is there something wrong with our field when prostitution is more enjoyable than programming?

Or is prostitution that enjoyable?

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The Open/Closed Problem in AI

I went to the ninth MLSys conference in Seattle. This is a conference of people in research and industry building ML systems. The vast majority of work that I saw is building systems that train and use LLMs. The biggest focus was on efficiency. How do you train LLMs more

23 May 2026 4 min read

Let the Information Monopolies Crumble!

I've been programming for 30 years. I spent a lot of time acquiring both the skill and knowledge to build software systems. If you look at any well paying profession like tech workers, doctors, and lawyers, you see a common thread that binds them which is information monopolies.

18 May 2026 5 min read

Entering The Architecture Age

Software development over the last 60+ years has been the equivalent of pyramid building. We see the great pyramids today and marvel at their scale, but their shape is a necessary shape because the people at that time had not yet discovered architecture. Architecture is about making previously unseen structures

08 Apr 2026 5 min read

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