Archive - Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers

April 2025

Top AI Articles and Resources April 2025

A noise-free curated roundup of the best resources for machine learning engineers

Apr 30 •

Logan Thorneloe

Creative AI Gaining Momentum is More Important Than You Think (ML for SWEs 8)

Machine learning for software engineers 4-29-25

Apr 29 •

Logan Thorneloe

ML for SWEs 7: Eval-driven Model Development?

Machine learning for software engineers 4-18-25

Apr 18 •

Logan Thorneloe

How much does a 10 million token context window actually cost?

Some back-of-the-napkin math for Meta's Llama 4 Scout

Apr 16 •

Logan Thorneloe

ML for SWEs 6: RAG Is Not Dead

Machine learning for software engineers 4-11-25

Apr 11 •

Logan Thorneloe

How I Became a Machine Learning Engineer Without an Advanced Degree

My path from knowing nothing about software engineering and machine learning to becoming an MLE at Google in 6 years without a master's degree or PhD

Apr 9 •

Logan Thorneloe

ML for SWEs 5: AI for Education is Bigger Than You Think

Machine learning for software engineers 4-4-25

Apr 4 •

Logan Thorneloe

3 Ways You Can Sabotage Your Own Tech Career

What they are and what you need to understand to avoid them

Apr 1 •

Logan Thorneloe

March 2025

ML for SWEs 4: Waymo is the Perfect Example of ML Engineering, Gemini 2.5 Pro is #1, and GPT-4o Image Generation

Machine learning for software engineers 3-28-25

Mar 28 •

Logan Thorneloe

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