Author: Jose S
Hosted open models vs download to your machine
Hosted open models and a download to your machine are different places for the same weights. This part splits Groq, Together, Fireworks, and chat UIs from Ollama, LM…
Grok models chooser: 4.5, 4.6, and when to switch
Version numbers are not a personality. This chooser puts Grok 4.6, 4.5, Imagine models, and API ids next to the job so you stop burning a long thread…
Definitions and metric specs
A metric without a written definition is a rumor with a chart. Use a one-page spec covering owner, grain, formula, filters, and caveats so two people can rebuild…
What is an embedding?
An embedding turns text (or other data) into a list of numbers so machines can measure similarity. Learn what those vectors are for, how search and RAG use…
What is a feature store?
A feature store is shared plumbing for ML inputs: define features once, train and serve them consistently, and reduce train-serve skew. Learn when you need one, what offline…
