Hey, I'm Ali 👋🏻

I work in Applied AI at Microsoft. I build things, break things, and write about both.

Thoughts on AI engineering, developer tools, and whatever else I'm tinkering with.

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  • Dec 2023 - Current
    Microsoft
    Applied AI, Technical Lead

    Working on applied AI — taking models from “cool demo” to production. Building with LLMs, Azure AI, and whatever open source tools fit the problem. Less PowerPoint, more code.

  • Sep 2022 - Nov 2023
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Solutions Architect

    Helped teams figure out how to build things on AWS without over-engineering them. Lots of LLM workloads, microservices, and the occasional “please don’t put everything in one Lambda.”

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