Rami's Readings #107 - ☕ The Physics of Perfect Pour-Over Coffee
Welcome to Rami’s Readings #107 - a weekly digest of interesting articles, papers, videos, and X threads from my various sources across the Internet. Expect a list of reads covering AI, technology, business, culture, fashion, travel, and more. Learn about what I do at ramisayar.com/about.
👋🏼 Welcome New Subscribers
Hello! A hearty thank you for subscribing to Rami’s Readings! There are quite a few new subscribers this week, thanks to a recommendation from The AI Ethics Brief. I am thrilled to have you on board! In this newsletter, I curate the best papers, tweets, and articles I have read during the week focusing on LLMs, AI, economics, business, and technology news. You can learn more about me on my website.
Happy Sunday! Unfortunately, I caught a cold so the newsletter is shorter than usual.
🤖 AI Reads
NVIDIA NIM Microservices Now Available
Notes: Neat project, but I’m not sure who is the audience for this project… is it developers?
This New Test Shows the Pros and Cons of Major AI Models
Notes: 🇨🇦 Vector Institute in Toronto has a new evaluation study.
Gemma 3 QAT Models
Notes: I missed that Gemma 3 released versions with quantization-aware training. Thanks to Simon Willison for pointing this out.
Everything Wrong with MCP
Notes: Covers important issues to be solved before putting MCP into production.
The Race to Fix Aging Computer Systems Heats Up With AI’s Help
Notes: Using LLMs to document and understand existing code is under appreciated.
Monte Carlo Crash Course
Notes: Skip the first page if you have a background in math, statistics or engineering.
🔀 Other Reads
Python’s New t-strings
Notes: I am excited for this addition to Python 3.14.
The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over
Notes: I regularly brew coffee with a Chemex and pay close attention to my flow rate. There are even smart scales available that help you practice maintaining the perfect pour. Chemex is my favorite brewing method, though it definitely requires patience. This article was super fun to read with great videos!
Signing off from Redmond, WA.