Making Compression Faster

Continuing my exploration of pair programming with AI agents, I grew pigzpp from a C++ gzip rewrite into a compression library for Python data prep, PNG, Docker layers, ZIP documents, Rust, and WebAssembly — then measured it against the tools people actually use.

July 13, 2026 · 13 min · Thamme Gowda

A Field Guide for Sanity-Checking Your Training Pipeline

A practical guide to debugging new ML setups before wasting GPU-hours: make a realistic small set memorize, measure real generation, and keep dropout on.

June 27, 2026 · 13 min · Thamme Gowda