The System Design Round
Production systems for generative AI—scaling, optimization, and serving large language models at scale.
9 articles covering genai systems
A high level view on how modern vision-language models connect pixels and prose, from CLIP and BLIP to Flamingo, MiniGPT-4, Kosmos, and Gemini.
From naive vector search to industry-standard multimodal RAG. Master hybrid search, query rewriting, cross-encoder reranking, and the architecture of high-precision retrieval systems.
A deep dive into the physics and probability of diffusion models. Learn how reversing a stochastic process became the foundation for modern generative AI, from Stable Diffusion to robotics and protein design.
The evolution of image diffusion architectures. Learn how we moved from convolutional U-Nets to scalable Diffusion Transformers (DiT), and why treating images like language changed everything.
Exploring the state-of-the-art in video generation. Learn how Sora and Veo use Spatiotemporal Transformers to simulate the physical world, and the challenges of achieving perfect motion fidelity.
How to train a world-class diffusion model. Covers the complete lifecycle: from large-scale pre-training on noisy web data to specialized post-training, alignment, and aesthetic fine-tuning.
How to move from visual imitation to law-governed motion. Deep dive into injecting PDEs into neural networks, implicit physics extraction, and LLM-guided physical reasoning.
How to accelerate diffusion sampling and steer creativity. Learn the mechanics of DDIM, DPM-Solver, Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG), and the math of negative prompting.
The fundamentals of video diffusion models. Learn how we extend 2D diffusion to time, the mechanics of temporal attention, and the architectural shifts required for motion consistency.