Mirza Ishraq

Mirza Ishraq

Caffeine addict writing about AI & ML, backend development, and shipping things that work.

  1. How to Get the Most Out of a $20 Claude Plan as a Developer

    I started on Pro and barely used it. Here is how to get the most from the $20 Claude plan as a developer, checked against Anthropic's docs.

  2. Automated Code Review Pipeline with Claude Code

    My real eight-stage review pipeline for Claude Code changes: independent agents, fresh context at every stage, and a CI gate before anything merges.

  3. I Despise Vibe Coding. Here's the Only Place It Belongs

    I use AI to code every day, and I despise vibe coding. Here's the real difference, where vibe coding belongs, and why it has no place near real users or data.

  4. My Open Source AI Project: 347 Commits, No Users

    I spent four months on an open source AI project and never launched it. 347 commits, a benchmark that couldn't fail, no users. Here's what that taught me.

  5. Claude Code Cost: 4 Rules That Work, 4 That Don't

    I checked my rules for cutting Claude Code cost against the docs and 8 billion real tokens. Four hold up. Four don't, and one is a file that isn't real.

  6. Linear Regression in Python: Study Hours vs Score With SciPy

    Linear regression in Python, step by step: fit study hours against exam score with SciPy, read the slope and R-squared, then add a second variable.

  7. Overfitting vs Underfitting: How to Tell Which One You Have

    Overfitting vs underfitting, explained with a small Python experiment: how train and test error give each one away, and when to stop training.

  8. Claude Code Auto Mode: Lessons From the Source Leak

    How Claude Code auto mode keeps an agent from doing something stupid: a three-layer funnel with a fast judge and a slow judge, and what to copy.

  9. TensorFlow in Python: How to Create Tensors

    What deep learning and neural networks are, why tensors matter, and how to create tensors in TensorFlow with Python, using Google Colab.

  10. 150 Python Interview Questions You Should Know

    A study guide of 150 Python interview questions with plain-English answers and code, from syntax basics to functions and core language features.

  11. Django vs. Flask: Choosing the Right Web Framework

    Django or Flask? Compare the two Python web frameworks on databases, ease of learning, scalability, security, and community, and when to use each.

  12. An Essential Guide to Python Text Editing & Processing

    A practical guide to Python text editing and processing: searching, manipulating, formatting, replacing, and removing characters in strings.