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Mallika Rao

Scaling Non-AI Systems into the AI Era

This essay is Part 3 of the series “Bridging the AI Stack: From Tools to Intelligent Systems.”

Nov 5

Nov 5

Agents vs Workflows: Autonomy and Orchestration in the AI Stack

This essay is Part 2 of the series “Bridging the AI Stack: From Tools to Intelligent Systems.”

Nov 4

Agents vs Workflows: Autonomy and Orchestration in the AI Stack

Nov 4

LLM Tools: The New CLI

“Every command is an act of intent. Every tool, a contract.” — Notes from a systems engineer learning to think in prompts.

Nov 4

Nov 4

The Vocabulary of Experience: Lessons in Leadership from Large Language Models

The larger the vocabulary, the more efficient the encoding.

Nov 3

The Vocabulary of Experience: Lessons in Leadership from Large Language Models

Nov 3

AI for Infrastructure, Infrastructure for AI: Building Resilient Systems in the Age of Intelligence

The dual lens approach

Oct 31

AI for Infrastructure, Infrastructure for AI: Building Resilient Systems in the Age of Intelligence

Oct 31

Trust as Infrastructure: The Hidden System Behind Scalable Teams

What trust looks like — in systems and in teams

Oct 23

Trust as Infrastructure: The Hidden System Behind Scalable Teams

Oct 23

Architecting for Ambiguity: Designing in the Age of Uncertainty

Most senior engineers have a quiet allergy to ambiguity. It’s not arrogance — it’s craft. They’ve spent years learning to recognize…

Oct 22

Architecting for Ambiguity: Designing in the Age of Uncertainty

Oct 22

Leading in the Age of Acceleration: Building for Change Without Breaking Stability

Engineering Leadership in the Age of AI Velocity

Oct 21

Leading in the Age of Acceleration: Building for Change Without Breaking Stability

Oct 21

When GenAI Meets Your Infrastructure Bill: The Hidden Architecture of Context

Context Costs More Than Compute

Oct 21

When GenAI Meets Your Infrastructure Bill: The Hidden Architecture of Context

Oct 21

Building for Emergence: Infrastructure for Agentic AI Inspired by Human Systems

What we know about our current infrastructure that we can leverage as we shape the next era

Aug 5

Building for Emergence: Infrastructure for Agentic AI Inspired by Human Systems

Aug 5

Mallika Rao

Mallika Rao

Logic. Math. Computer Science. Scale. Hike. Entropy. Mountains. Photography. Thinking. Writing. Conversations. Coffee. Travel. Work. Improve.

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