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Jan 2026·4 min read

Building MaintainMe: A Privacy-First, AI-Powered Calorie Tracker

The launch of MaintainMe, an open-source, privacy-first calorie tracker PWA. Built to help people manage their weight without paywalls or ads, it uses Gemini AI to track meals via text or photos.

Open SourcePWAGemini AI

Aug 2025·5 min read

Understanding Agentic AI and Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK)

Defining Agentic AI—systems capable of autonomous reasoning and action. An introduction to the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) as a tool to simplify connecting LLMs to APIs and data sources for effective AI agent orchestration.

Agentic AILLMGoogle ADK

Jul 2025·6 min read

Building Scalable Data Models: Insights from Google London

Reflecting on a visit to the Google London office, discussing the realities of data modeling at scale, translating fuzzy business requirements into metrics, and designing future-proof schemas.

Data ModelingArchitectureEngineering

Apr 2025·7 min read

Mastering SQL Optimization for Performance and Cost-Efficiency

A technical guide for data engineers on optimizing SQL queries to manage cloud costs and improve performance, covering smart data retrieval, indexing, execution plans, and partitioning.

SQLData EngineeringCloud Costs