Shorts Generator
16-stage deterministic pipeline that turns long-form video into publishable short clips with SQLite checkpointing.
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Engineering Manager & Backend Engineer — I write about systems architecture, deterministic AI pipelines, and lessons from shipping at scale.
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How Shorts Factory uses a 16-stage deterministic pipeline with SQLite checkpointing to process hour-long videos into publishable shorts.
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API design, idempotency, and production reliability patterns.

Scale and reliability
State machines, orchestration, and fault-tolerant workflows.

Production AI
Guardrails, coherence, and deterministic agent pipelines.

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Payment gateways, SNAP banking APIs, and compliance at scale.
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