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Field notes from building AI systems. Practical experiments, engineering decisions, and lessons worth sharing.
by danielpham · building in the open
Research
An explainer of an IEEE SSP 2023 paper: DETR detects the thyroid and shoulders on I-131 SPECT images and automatically computes the RSI index to diagnose residual thyroid tissue (F1 0.91). Detailed analysis of every experiment, formula and figure.
$ open essayA small fix.
A useful lesson.
A close look at DictationDaily: a listen–type–fix loop over real YouTube videos, a Next.js/React/MUI stack on Cloudflare, in-browser grading and Whisper-powered Shadowing. Why an old idea feels this polished.
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An explainer of an IEEE SSP 2023 paper: DETR detects the thyroid and shoulders on I-131 SPECT images and automatically computes the RSI index to diagnose residual thyroid tissue (F1 0.91). Detailed analysis of every experiment, formula and figure.