https://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mjlwzlibec2bWhat happens internally after an OpenAI endpoint receives a user prompt? I wasn't comfortable with treating AI models as magical black boxes, so I made some sequence diagrams that I'm sharing with you in this post: https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/04/The-Inference-Engine-Bringing-Models-to-Life16 Apr 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlwzlibec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mjfiyhfot22e13 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfiyhfot22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3midpv3wls22eWe used to glorify the app servers? The WebSpheres, WebLogics, JBosses, Zopes, Zends, ... We’re doing it again with LLMs. IMHO "doing one thing well" phase is next, so I'm coining a term now - μAI (Micro-Intelligence) Remember you heard it here first when it becomes viral in a few years 😜31 Mar 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3midpv3wls22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mhqqht3b6c2eThe "Anatomy of a Model - the Developer Perspective" blog post from the "AI for Application Developers" series took longer to write and went way beyond my notes. But it was fun, and I even learned new things. I hope you will, too. https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/03/Anatomy-of-a-Model-the-Developer-Perspective #AIforDevs23 Mar 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqqht3b6c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mhnun3pycc2rA thought of the day: Did AI kill DRY 🤔?22 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnun3pycc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mh2ezgbstk2pWrote sort of a tiny survival guide for the AI model formats jungle. If you are looking to run AI/ML models locally or just curious how they are distributed, have a read and let me know if it helps. https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/03/A-Trip-in-the-AI-ML-Model-Formats-Jungle14 Mar 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2ezgbstk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mgkxmwh4fk2mEntering the AI world, I expected a familiar landscape of libraries and APIs. I found "serialized Python" and a massive gap between my code and the math. Let me save you some disappointments if you are on the same track: https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/03/AI-ML-Models-Are-Not-Libraries08 Mar 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkxmwh4fk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mfzh67fs5k2mAI is currently polarized between academic math and "Look ma!" demos. I feel that we, the app developers, lack the middle ground. We need to understand the abstraction layers below the magical API calls. I’ll be sharing my notes on the subject as blog posts: https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/03/AI-for-Application-Developers01 Mar 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzh67fs5k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3me533vz2ws2vNever ever in my decades-long career have I been so frustrated by the phrase 'You are absolutely right".05 Feb 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3me533vz2ws2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mdhz5tqdcs23I've spent years in companies calling themselves startups. It took me a while to realize the label doesn't imply sameness. It took me even longer to self-diagnose the career friction I experienced. The recent Tailwind story triggered me to write something about it: https://milendyankov.com/blog/2026/01/Finite-and-Infinite-Startups28 Jan 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhz5tqdcs23https://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3mbj4t4e55222Somehow, revamping my personal website felt awfully similar to designing enterprise software systems. Different scale, same existential dread over choosing the wrong framework. If you find yourself constantly asking "Am I doing this right?", this may help (or not): https://milendyankov.com/blog/2025/01/Multi-Hat-Disorder-Building-Personal-Website-Like-an-Enterprise-App03 Jan 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbj4t4e55222https://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3m4xigz6o3k25Do you remember this viral video from about a decade ago? 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDA3_5982h8 It was satire, not a design spec for AI agents.06 Nov 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xigz6o3k25https://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lwlxt6umuk2kFor me, AI solves one of the two hardest problems in software development - naming things. It still can't really help much with cache invalidation and off-by-one errors 😜17 Aug 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlxt6umuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lvgvrz6gik2nCurious how to start using #AI models from your #Java code? If you have an hour, here is the recording of my "AI for Java developers" talk at @devbcn.bsky.social https://youtu.be/UjBUHdfUjVM?si=JV0D9ZGd2bHVnEa- Let me know if it was helpful.02 Aug 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgvrz6gik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lvda3tqiy225Once, only elites could read and write—they were the writers. Literacy spread, but few became authors. Writing well still takes skill and craft. Software dev was once for specialists. Now, no-code lets almost anyone “write code.” But just like literacy, producing code doesn’t make you a developer.01 Aug 2025 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvda3tqiy225https://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3ltmgkpwfl22qI was really worried my talk is too basic for #devbcn25 Imagine my surprise when I saw the reviews. Thank you everyone who attended!10 Jul 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmgkpwfl22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3ltkb4hdvcc2vI can literally listen to @brianvermeer.nl all day long without ever getting bored.09 Jul 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkb4hdvcc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lqfu46qo6k2jWould you go for 2.10 or 2.9 when you need the latest version of a library/app? Asking for my math teacher 😉30 May 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfu46qo6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lqffo5ayf22dI am Debugger in baggy jeans. Unleash your inner Duke and win a limited-edition T-shirt! #Java30WithIntelliJIDEA https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/java-30/debugger-in-baggy-jeans/30 May 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqffo5ayf22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lq7y2uikjc2jA good #VectorDB is a must-have for AI-powered solutions on top of massive datasets. But that doesn’t mean this is an experts-only territory. With the right tools and guidance, even newcomers can use #RAG and add genuinely useful #AI to their projects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSB0eSAM5es28 May 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7y2uikjc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lp52mgx2vc2aThis is where I'll present "AI for Java developers" tomorrow. Today @piotrprz.bsky.social rocks the @jprimeconf.bsky.social scene!14 May 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp52mgx2vc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lnv7ufpx3c2cHey folks, just wanted to let you know we have a few open roles at Pinecone – specifically for Senior/Staff Software Engineers and a Support Engineer. If you or someone you know is looking for a new opportunity, check them out: https://www.pinecone.io/careers/?utm_source=lV1WPRbQA628 Apr 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnv7ufpx3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lnkrndcjrk2fI’ve been exploring the land of MCP servers recently. Meanwhile, my colleagues at Pinecone have been building the first official ones for Pinecone’s Database and Assistant. Now that they’re out, I wrote a blog about what those MCP servers are and how to use them: https://www.pinecone.io/blog/first-MCPs/24 Apr 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkrndcjrk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3llgvvcoams2vThe emerging vibe coding field has come up with a new productivity metric: kilos of code 😜28 Mar 2025 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgvvcoams2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3lleeed4zek2wSo should we now stop using terms like "self-driving" or "autonomous" cars and start talking about "vibe driving" instead? Asking for a friend.27 Mar 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3lleeed4zek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/milendyankov.com/post/3ll72dvkh722vIt's heartwarming to get such a comment under a 3-year-old blog post25 Mar 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:srcodulz7ku64l5plt5yiira/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll72dvkh722v