Books, articles, and practical guides on AI, open source, and data systems - written to help developers understand the ideas and put them to work.
Books
HBase Design Patterns
Co-author with Mark Kerzner · Packt Publishing
Practical design patterns for building applications with Apache HBase, covering application design and performance considerations.
Hadoop Illuminated
Co-author with Mark Kerzner · Open-source ebook
An accessible introduction to Hadoop and the big data ecosystem, including use cases and the ideas behind distributed data processing. Freely available online.
Selected Articles
Fine-Tuning, Distillation & Quantization
September 2026 · AI explained
A visual guide using LEGO to explain what each technique changes, when it helps, and how the three approaches fit together.
Migrating a Website with Claude Code
July 2025 · Building with coding agents
How I moved this site from Pelican to Hugo with Claude Code - what worked, where I intervened, and lessons from using an AI coding assistant on a real project.
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Developer Guides
Token Factory Cookbook
MongoDB Atlas & Vector Search
For more hands-on material, explore my Data Prep Kit examples and notebooks.
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