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Richard Atkins

Solution architect (20+ yrs). I build production AI and the platforms and teams around it, ship it, measure it, and open-source what survives production. Hands-on mentor, honesty over hype.

Location Cambridge, United Kingdom Joined Joined on  Email address hello@richard-atkins.com Personal website https://richard-atkins.com github website

Education

Brunel University

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Technical AI Architect

Earned Autonomy
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Earned Autonomy

#ai #agents #automation #architecture
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Measurement tools need evals too
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Measurement tools need evals too

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One LLM judge is an opinion. Two model families agreeing is evidence.
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One LLM judge is an opinion. Two model families agreeing is evidence.

#ai #llm #testing #machinelearning
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The migration the data ordered: moving a production LLM pipeline off the Mac Mini under my desk
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The migration the data ordered: moving a production LLM pipeline off the Mac Mini under my desk

#ai #llm #cloudnative #infrastructure
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An MCP server that has to prove itself: citations, abstention and entitlements as CI gates
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An MCP server that has to prove itself: citations, abstention and entitlements as CI gates

#ai #llm #mcp #python
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Cutting juniors is a choice, not an AI inevitability
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Cutting juniors is a choice, not an AI inevitability

#leadership #ai #hiring #career
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The code that hides the evidence
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The code that hides the evidence

#software #analytics #code #devex
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Measure your own coding habits before you believe anyone else's numbers
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Measure your own coding habits before you believe anyone else's numbers

#git #analytics #productivity #codequality
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Org design for AI: why your Centre of Excellence becomes a bottleneck
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Org design for AI: why your Centre of Excellence becomes a bottleneck

#leadership #ai #devops #architecture
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Managing a team of agents: leadership when roles become software
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Managing a team of agents: leadership when roles become software

#leadership #management #ai #productivity
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Who's the authority now? Leading in the age of the jagged generalist
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Who's the authority now? Leading in the age of the jagged generalist

#leadership #ai #llm #management
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The psychological cost of AI is a leadership choice, not a technology outcome
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The psychological cost of AI is a leadership choice, not a technology outcome

#leadership #ai #management #mentalhealth
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The real economics of a production LLM pipeline: resumability, cost-aware routing, and measuring when local beats the API
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The real economics of a production LLM pipeline: resumability, cost-aware routing, and measuring when local beats the API

#llm #dataengineering #python #ai
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Stop shipping AI agents you can't measure: evals + observability from scratch
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Stop shipping AI agents you can't measure: evals + observability from scratch

#ai #llm #testing #machinelearning
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