Hi, I'm Pratyay 👋
Welcome to my blog!
I'm a CS Researcher x AI Engineer advancing reliable intelligence to solve complex real-world challenges.
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Who Built This?
A hackathon win used to prove you could build under pressure. AI agents made the execution cheap. What still counts as proof then?
October 20th, 2026
38 min read
Read Article
Research
Artificial Intelligence
The Cheapest Way to Look Like a Researcher
What it costs to enter research right now, who is quietly paying it, and which parts of the work still have to be yours.
August 18th, 2026
34 min read
Read Article
AI Infrastructure
Systems Engineering
Every Token has a Hidden Price
The math that determines your vLLM deployment's true concurrency before an OOM teaches you the hard way.
July 25th, 2026
35 min read
Read Article
Life
Learnings
Journal
The Imaginary Audience
Notes to myself, on doing things badly, for no one in particular.
July 3rd, 2026
46 min read
Read Article
Artificial Intelligence
Research
Mastering the Art of AI Research
The quintessential blueprint for becoming a thoughtful and impactful AI researcher.
June 27th, 2026
45 min read
Read Article
Web Development
Machine Learning
Interactive Web Demo ✨
Building an Interactive Web Demo showcasing Touchless Interactions using the MediaPipe Machine Learning Library.
August 20th, 2023
47 min read
Read Article