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José David Baena

Open Source Explorations

Architecture, performance, and failure-mode analyses of open source systems. Each exploration starts with the simplest useful model, then follows the constraints that shape production behavior.

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Redpanda

An eight-part source-guided study of Redpanda 26.1.13: Kafka compatibility, Raft durability, storage, remote data, transforms, RPC, cluster control, and benchmark design.

Deep Dives

8

Proposals

0

Reading Time

76 min

Analysis Date

2026-07-24

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nanochat

Comprehensive technical analysis of Andrej Karpathy's nanochat project. Deep dives into architecture, training pipeline, optimizers, and proposals for evolving this minimal LLM implementation.

8,500
1,200
45
Python

Deep Dives

13

Proposals

12

Reading Time

120 min

Analysis Date

2025-11-15

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