The Alchemist — Mohammed Vasim https://www.mohdvasim.com In-depth tutorials on ML, deep learning, statistics, agentic AI, and production AI systems. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:02:25 GMT https://www.mohdvasim.com/android-chrome-512x512.png The Alchemist https://www.mohdvasim.com <![CDATA[Hermes Agent's "Self-Improving" Backbone: What It Actually Does (And What It Doesn't)]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/17-hermes-agent-self-improving https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/17-hermes-agent-self-improving Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) ai-engineering agent-architecture hermes-agent self-improving-agents llm-agents <![CDATA[How Three AI Agents Coordinate Without Ever Talking to Each Other]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/16-mas-supply-chain-disruption https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/16-mas-supply-chain-disruption Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) python multi-agent langchain mlflow databricks redis pydantic <![CDATA[Missing Data Isn't Just a Nuisance — The Mechanism Determines the Fix]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/15-data-imputation-techniques https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/15-data-imputation-techniques Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) data-imputation missing-data scikit-learn feature-engineering preprocessing <![CDATA[Building LLM Fine-Tuning Data Without Hand-Labeling a Single Example]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/14-synthesize_from_scratch https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/14-synthesize_from_scratch Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) llm fine-tuning data-synthesis langchain python <![CDATA[Building a SQL Agent with MLflow Observability]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/13-sql-agent-with-mlflow https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/13-sql-agent-with-mlflow Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) sql mlflow langchain agents observability <![CDATA[From Raw Text to Reasoning Conversations: Building a Robust Data Pipeline for LLM Fine-Tuning]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/12-how-to-synthesize-data-for-llm-training-fine-tuning https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/12-how-to-synthesize-data-for-llm-training-fine-tuning Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) llm-fine-tuning synthetic-data data-pipeline conversational-ai alpaca self-instruct chain-of-thought nemo-data-designer <![CDATA[Synthesizing Evaluation Data for RAG Systems: A Deep Dive]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/11-synthesize_from_scratch https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/11-synthesize_from_scratch Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) RAG LLM data-synthesis evaluation langchain nvidia-api <![CDATA[Data Engineering for Foundation Models: The Alchemist’s Thought]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/09-data-curation https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/09-data-curation Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) data-engineering llm foundation-models dataset-curation ai <![CDATA[The Tale of Meaningful Vectors: Contrastive Learning for Text Embeddings, Told with Pen and Paper]]> https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/10-contrastive-learning-for-text-embedding https://www.mohdvasim.com/blog/10-contrastive-learning-for-text-embedding Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT mohd.vasim.sk@gmail.com (Mohammed Vasim) contrastive-learning text-embeddings deep-learning <![CDATA[Multimodal RAG: Building a Smart Document Assistant - 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