I'm a data scientist by day and an all around tech enthusiast by night. I write about my experiences, projects and occasionally solutions. https://aolabs.dev/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:49:26 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:49:26 +0000 Jekyll v4.4.1 How I tracked down a catastrophic mobile LCP regression on my Jekyll site and fixed it with responsive images, a manifest-driven Liquid include, and a parallel ImageMagick-based Python pipeline. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/blog/website-10x-faster/ https://aolabs.dev/blog/website-10x-faster/pythonweb-developmentsoftware-engineering A Python CLI and GUI tool that converts Varo Believe credit card PDF statements to Monarch Money-compatible CSV files using a hybrid PDF extraction strategy. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/projects/varo-believe-to-monarch/ https://aolabs.dev/projects/varo-believe-to-monarch/pythoncliprojecttools A Python library that extracts structured, type-validated data from any document or free text using LLMs, featuring a multimodal PDF pipeline and support for 10+ file formats. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/projects/structx-llm-structured-data-extraction/ https://aolabs.dev/projects/structx-llm-structured-data-extraction/pythonmachine-learningdata-scienceprojectllmsoftware-engineering A Scrapy middleware that uses LLMs and Pydantic schemas to extract structured data from any webpage — no CSS selectors, no brittle XPath, just define what you want. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/projects/scrapy-ai-llm-web-scraping/ https://aolabs.dev/projects/scrapy-ai-llm-web-scraping/pythondata-scienceprojectllmweb-scrapingweb-development A Plasma 6 port of the Wallhaven wallpaper plugin with an offline collection, multi-tag queries, system color scheme following, and full right-click context menus. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/projects/plasma-wallpaper-wallhaven-reborn/ https://aolabs.dev/projects/plasma-wallpaper-wallhaven-reborn/linuxplasmakdethemesprojectsetup Personal KDE Plasma 6 dotfiles for CachyOS managed with GNU Stow and konsave, featuring tiling via Krohnkite, automatic light/dark switching, and a bootstrap script for fresh machines. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/projects/kde-plasma-6-dotfiles/ https://aolabs.dev/projects/kde-plasma-6-dotfiles/linuxplasmakdethemesprojectsetupdotfiles A complete guide to migrating an entire Cloudflare stack from blacksuan19.dev to aolabs.dev without breaking any links, using dynamic redirects and smart DNS management. Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/blog/rebranding-to-aolabs-cloudflare-migration/ https://aolabs.dev/blog/rebranding-to-aolabs-cloudflare-migration/cloudflaredevopsmigrationdnsweb-development Learn how to implement a dynamic factory design pattern in Python for managing AI models. This production-ready approach leverages Pydantic, LangChain, and AWS services to create a flexible, scalable, and maintainable system. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/blog/llm-dynamic-factory-design-pattern/ https://aolabs.dev/blog/llm-dynamic-factory-design-pattern/design-patternssoftware-engineeringarchitecturepythonlangchainaws A deep dive into the intricacies of deploying custom models to Amazon SageMaker Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/blog/custom-sagemaker-deployment/ https://aolabs.dev/blog/custom-sagemaker-deployment/machine-learningawssagemaker because we all hate migrations Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://aolabs.dev/blog/zero-setup-sql-migration/ https://aolabs.dev/blog/zero-setup-sql-migration/databasepythonsql