Farooq Khan

Building intelligent systems

Machine Learning Engineer

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Specializing in

delivering scalable

AI solutions .

VLLMs

Ollama

NVIDIA TensorRT

for optimized model serving pipelines

interested in

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graph algorithms

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reinforcement learning

Enhanced LLM Agents

Bridging best parts of theory and practice to create impactful, intelligent systems.

📰 Fresh From the Lab

Aug 4, 2025

Policy Iteration Algorithm in a Nutshell

Policy Iteration with Maze Example.

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Aug 3, 2025

Iterative Policy Evaluation in a Nutshell

Check if an agent is doing the right thing with Policy Evaluation Methods

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Aug 2, 2025

RL in a Nutshell

Reinforcement learning is about an agent learning to make better decisions through trial and error to maximize long-term rewards. What does that entail in practice?

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Jun 3, 2025

Tech stack for rapid prototyping applications

In this blog I will focus on the ways in which I set up a backend and frontend to do rapid prototyping of full stack applications.

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Jan 19, 2025

Logistic Regression with Gradient Descent

Details on how the gradient decent algorithm is implemented.

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🤖 Experiments & Creations

Race Car RL Agent

PythonReinforcement LearningOpenAI GymPyTorch

Developed a Deep Q-Learning agent in a simulated racing environment to autonomously navigate tracks by learning from reward feedback.

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Garbage Classification with CNN

PythonComputer VisionEfficientNetTensorFlow

Transfer-learned an EfficientNet backbone to classify multiple waste categories in images, enhancing model performance through data augmentation.

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Haiku Generator

LLMsPrompt EngineeringNLPReact

Explored prompt-engineering strategies with large language models to generate structured haikus, enforcing syllable constraints and thematic coherence.

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D3.js Reference Tutorial

JavaScriptD3.jsData VisualizationHTML/CSS

Interactive web guide demonstrating core D3.js features and visualization techniques.

Source Code Live Demo

Chat App

ElmNode.jsExpress.jsWebSockets

Real-time chat app with WebSocket messaging; Elm frontend and Express.js backend.

Source Code

Twitch Python Discord Bot

PythonDiscord.pyTwitch API

Python Discord bot with Twitch API integration for live stream alerts and moderation.

Source Code

Rust Tauri App

RustTauriDesktop App

Cross-platform desktop color picker built with Rust and Tauri, showcasing native UI integration.

Source Code

Guided Sudoku Solver

AlgorithmsBacktracking

Interactive Sudoku solver with step-by-step guidance built in Python using a backtracking algorithm and heuristic improvements.

Demo Source Code

Wordle Solver

TypescriptEntropyTanStack Start

Interactive wordle solver using entropy with a practice mode for improvements.

Demo

Interval Timer

TypescriptProductivityTanStack Start

Interval Pomodoro timer for Work/Study Sessions.

Demo

Learning Roadmap

All aboard the knowledge express! 🚂

Applied Reinforcement Learning

📚 Reading

Reinforcement Learning (Sutton & Barto), Deep Learning (Goodfellow et al.)

🔨 Building With

MarkdownPythonObsidianPytorchNumpy

🧭 Exploring

RL Algorithms • Policy Gradients

High-Performance Systems

🔨 Building With

CUDAPolarsTritonParallelizationTensorRT

🧭 Exploring

Distributed Systems • GPU Acceleration

💡 Design Philosophy

→Prototyping v0/v1 solutions with Python's rich ML ecosystem.
→Optimizing critical paths using high-performance libraries like Polars and CUDA.
→Leveraging hardware acceleration to minimize inference latency.