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“Let’s add AI to our product!” If you’ve heard this recently (and who hasn’t?), you know the excitement - and anxiety - it can bring. After spending years building machine learning systems at companies like LinkedIn and Google, I’ve seen both spectacular successes and painful failures in AI product development. Here’s what I’ve learned: the di...

After a decade in tech, including years at LinkedIn working on their job matching algorithms and now serving as VP of Engineering & Data Science, I’ve seen thousands of candidates navigate the tech hiring process. Here’s the truth that most won’t tell you: your network is worth more than all your technical skills combined. The Uncomfortable...

After years of leading machine learning teams at companies like Google and LinkedIn, I’ve re-learned the same lesson over and over again: start simple and slowly add complexity and always prioritize observability. Recently, I embarked on an experiment with Pydantic AI to build an automated email reply agent. While the end goal was simple - autom...

or How to Stop Fighting with your AI Pair Programmer Cursor agent is worse than old composer. Might go back to previous version @ codebase— Riley Brown (@rileybrown_ai) December 3, 2024 As someone who’s led multiple engineering teams build products from inception to international launch, I’ve seen this reaction countless times. Engineer...