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Clay Roach

Former CEO or StreamWeaver observability integration platform. Now working on various projects.

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Building Self-Correcting LLM Systems: The Evaluator-Optimizer Pattern
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Building Self-Correcting LLM Systems: The Evaluator-Optimizer Pattern

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Removing 11,005 Lines: Why We Replaced Our Custom LLM Manager with Portkey
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Removing 11,005 Lines: Why We Replaced Our Custom LLM Manager with Portkey

#llm #infrastructure #refactoring #portkey
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Days 29-30: Mission Accomplished - Building an Enterprise Platform in 80 Hours
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Days 29-30: Mission Accomplished - Building an Enterprise Platform in 80 Hours

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Day 28: The 10x Performance Breakthrough
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Day 28: The 10x Performance Breakthrough

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Days 24-27: Family Time and the Real Value of the 4-Hour Workday
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Days 24-27: Family Time and the Real Value of the 4-Hour Workday

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Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration
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Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration

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Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete
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Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete

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Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths
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Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths

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Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates
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Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates

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Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring
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Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring

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Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing
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Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing

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Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance
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Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance

#githubactions #cicd #testing #typescript
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Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage
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Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage

#testing #architecture #typescript #aiops
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Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough
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Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough

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Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development
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Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development

#productivity #worklife #reflection #philosophy
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Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting
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Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting

#ai #analytics #opentelemetry #typescript
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Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together
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Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together

#opentelemetry #protobuf #strategy #team
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Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration
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Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration

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Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity
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Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity

#claude #observability #modularity #typescript
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Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches
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Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches

#opentelemetry #protobuf #observability #go
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Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait
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Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait

#salmon #productivity #fishing #seattle
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Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One
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Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One

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Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge
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Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge

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Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development
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Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development

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