Engineering Notes

Engineering Notes

Thoughts and Ideas on AI by Muthukrishnan

22 Oct 2025

Building a Multi-Agent Debate System with LangGraph

875 words, ~3 min read

## Introduction Multi-agent systems are a fascinating area of AI development, where multiple autonomous agents collabo...
22 Oct 2025

Red vs. Blue: A Multi-Agent AI Ecosystem for Self-Improving Software

1,045 words, ~4 min read

In the relentless pursuit of robust and secure software, developers have long relied on a combination of automated test...
17 Sep 2025

Systems That Search for New Algorithms Automatically

175 words, ~0 min read

An introduction to AlphaEvolve, DeepMind's new AI agent that uses evolutionary search and LLM-driven code synthesis to autonomously discover and optimize algorithms, outperforming human-designed solutions in several domains.
16 Sep 2025

How the Effort Paradox Harms Top Performers

202 words, ~0 min read

Of all the paradoxes in professional life, the effort paradox causes the most harm to top performers. The better you g...
19 Aug 2025

The Theory of Constraints applied to software development life cycles

187 words, ~0 min read

As engineering leaders, we often focus on optimizing individual processes—faster CI/CD, better code reviews, more effic...
06 Aug 2025

TDD with Coding Agents: Building a Rate Limiting Service

961 words, ~3 min read

## Problem Overview We'll build a sophisticated rate limiting service that supports: - Multiple rate limiting algorith...
06 Aug 2025

The Complete Claude Code Best Practices Guide

1,496 words, ~5 min read

*A Comprehensive Manual Compiled from Developer Experiences and Community Knowledge* ## Table of Contents 1. [Introduc...
16 Jul 2025

Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding: Why MMLU Matters and What It Really Tests

1,160 words, ~4 min read

A personal dive into MMLU - the benchmark that's reshaping how we measure AI intelligence across dozens of academic subjects.
13 Jul 2025

Understanding Mixture of Experts (MoE) from First Principles

671 words, ~2 min read

One of the most exciting architectural innovations in recent years is the **Mixture of Experts (MoE)**. It's a key reas...
11 Jul 2025

My Thoughts on Andrew Ng's "Building Faster and Smarter with AI"

961 words, ~3 min read

{{< youtube RNJCfif1dPY >}} I watched Andrew Ng's latest talk on AI startup strategy, and while I disagree with some o...