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Anil Kumar Panda

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Writing about ML, building products with AI, and the overlap between systems thinking and creative work. Based in Weesp, Netherlands.

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Mar 1, 2024 · 1 min read

Monotonic Constraints for Boosting Models

When high performance creates non-intuitive models — enforcing domain knowledge without sacrificing accuracy.

Claude writes most of the code. The interesting work is still deciding *what* to build and *why*.

Velocity beats margin in reselling. Same principle applies to features — ship fast, learn fast.

The hardest part of a PO role isn't prioritisation. It's translating between two groups who both think they're being clear.

hiddenness = topic_distance × mechanism_similarity. Two things that look unrelated but work the same way.