Hi, I'm Pratyay 👋
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I'm a CS Researcher x AI Engineer advancing reliable intelligence to solve complex real-world challenges.
Research
Artificial Intelligence
The Cheapest Way to Look Like a Researcher
What it costs to enter research right now, who is quietly paying it, and which parts of the work still have to be yours.
August 18th, 2026
34 min read
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AI Infrastructure
Systems Engineering
Every Token has a Hidden Price
The math that determines your vLLM deployment's true concurrency before an OOM teaches you the hard way.
July 25th, 2026
35 min read
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Life
Learnings
Journal
The Imaginary Audience
Notes to myself, on doing things badly, for no one in particular.
July 3rd, 2026
46 min read
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Artificial Intelligence
Research
Mastering the Art of AI Research
The quintessential blueprint for becoming a thoughtful and impactful AI researcher.
June 27th, 2026
45 min read
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Web Development
Machine Learning
Interactive Web Demo ✨
Building an Interactive Web Demo showcasing Touchless Interactions using the MediaPipe Machine Learning Library.
August 20th, 2023
47 min read
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Machine Learning
Predicting Custom Gestures for Interactive Web Demo
Crafting Custom Hand Gesture Recognizer with MediaPipe's Model Maker for an Interactive Web App.
July 3rd, 2023
26 min read
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