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I am a Computer Engineer and Machine Learning Enthusiast with a passion for Internet of Things (IoT) and AI applications. I specialize in building data-driven solutions and deploying alternative low-cost Machine Learning technologies. Currently, I am expanding my expertise in Deep Learning and building on AWS. Feel free to reach out via the contact form.
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PHP2Shell: The Two PHP Bugs That Took Government Websites Offline, and What to Do
On Wednesday 21 October 2026, PHP released emergency fixes for two bugs that let an attacker take over a web server without logging in. PHP runs a large part of...
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What can you do? Testing AI Agents, Gemini Argon and Claude
I have a benchmark prompt that I use to evaluate AI agent capabilities. The GitHub repository for the benchmark prompt is here. Every time a new model or agent drops,...
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Level 4 Autonomous Driving: How Robotaxis and Driverless Buses Work Today
Robotaxis with nobody in the driver's seat now carry paying passengers in several cities, and full-size electric buses run timetabled routes without a driver at the wheel. Both are SAE...
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The Six Levels of Autonomous Driving: From Driver Assist to the Level 3 Handover
When car companies advertise driver-assist software, they often blur the line between convenient driver aids and true driverless autonomy. Marketing terms like "Autopilot," "Full Self-Driving," and "hands-free assist" make it...
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When LLMs Become Scientific Instruments: Groundsource Flash Flood Research Report
A deep dive into Google's 2.6-million-event flood dataset: what the data shows, what claims hold up, and why the methodology matters more than the dataset itself. Resources: Enriched Dataset |...
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How Aleksa Gordić Broke into AI Engineering Without a Degree in AI
Entering artificial intelligence often looks impossible without a master's degree, a PhD, or years inside elite academic research labs. Yet one of the clearest case studies of breaking into frontier...
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PHP2Shell: The Two PHP Bugs That Took Government Websites Offline, and What to Do
On Wednesday 21 October 2026, PHP released emergency fixes for two bugs that let an attacker take over a web server without logging in. PHP runs a large part of...
What can you do? Testing AI Agents, Gemini Argon and Claude
I have a benchmark prompt that I use to evaluate AI agent capabilities. The GitHub repository for the benchmark prompt is here. Every time a new model or agent drops,...
Level 4 Autonomous Driving: How Robotaxis and Driverless Buses Work Today
Robotaxis with nobody in the driver's seat now carry paying passengers in several cities, and full-size electric buses run timetabled routes without a driver at the wheel. Both are SAE...
The Six Levels of Autonomous Driving: From Driver Assist to the Level 3 Handover
When car companies advertise driver-assist software, they often blur the line between convenient driver aids and true driverless autonomy. Marketing terms like "Autopilot," "Full Self-Driving," and "hands-free assist" make it...
When LLMs Become Scientific Instruments: Groundsource Flash Flood Research Report
A deep dive into Google's 2.6-million-event flood dataset: what the data shows, what claims hold up, and why the methodology matters more than the dataset itself. Resources: Enriched Dataset |...
How Aleksa Gordić Broke into AI Engineering Without a Degree in AI
Entering artificial intelligence often looks impossible without a master's degree, a PhD, or years inside elite academic research labs. Yet one of the clearest case studies of breaking into frontier...
Series
Self-Driving, Explained
How the six SAE levels of driving automation work, where the line between driver assistance and real self-driving sits, and where driverless vehicles already carry passengers today.
Getting Started with Machine Learning
A path into machine learning using free resources: where to start, which courses to take, a first look at how models learn, where to find data, projects and competitions to practise on, and people worth following.
Building This Blog
A build log of rdjarbeng.com: starting on Jekyll and GitHub Pages, adding a CMS, automating uploads with a Telegram bot, and moving to Eleventy.
Featured Posts
How Starlink Satellites Work, Explained in a 3D Animated Video by Branch Education
Are you interested in the future of space technology? Ever wonder how Elon Musk's Starlink satellites work? Get ready to be blown away by this interactive video by Branch Education...
Starlink's Direct to Cell Service Now Available in LA for T-Mobile Subscribers
In January 2025, while the Palisades and Eaton fires were burning in Los Angeles, SpaceX and T-Mobile turned on satellite texting for the area. Fires can destroy cell towers or...
From the Norrsken Hub in Kigali, A Look at the Deals Shaping Africa's Future
Africa’s technology ecosystem is moving forward in 2025, as startups secure big investments and join forces to make a bigger impact. From mobile apps for money transfers to solar power...
How Starlink Satellites Work, Explained in a 3D Animated Video by Branch Education
Are you interested in the future of space technology? Ever wonder how Elon Musk's Starlink satellites work? Get ready to be blown away by this interactive video by Branch Education...
How Starlink Satellites Work, Explained in a 3D Animated Video by Branch Education
Are you interested in the future of space technology? Ever wonder how Elon Musk's Starlink satellites work? Get ready to be blown away by this interactive video by Branch Education...
What Satellite Data Could Do for Climate and Food Security, and What Stops It Today
This post looks at what satellite data could do for problems like climate change, food security, and urban planning, and at what keeps it from doing that today. There is...
NASA APOD Has Migrated. Here Is What Is Changing and What Developers Must Do
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is one of the oldest living institutions on the World Wide Web. For over three decades, millions of space enthusiasts, students, researchers, and...
How Starlink Satellites Work, Explained in a 3D Animated Video by Branch Education
Are you interested in the future of space technology? Ever wonder how Elon Musk's Starlink satellites work? Get ready to be blown away by this interactive video by Branch Education...
Guest Authors
Posts contributed by guest authors
Africa Has the ML Talent But Missing the GPUs.
One challenge I have noticed throughout my academic journey and as a TA is that access to computing resources, especially GPUs, has become a major bottleneck for many students especially...
Why Your Monthly AI Bill Might Soon Rival Your Headcount Costs From A Personal Experience
The $280 Overnight Surprise A friend pinged me last week, half-laughing, half-panicking 😅 . He'd been running a couple of AI coding agents overnight, just background refactoring and test generation....
How To Invest On The Ghana Stock Exchange
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) represents a unique opportunity for Ghanaian investors to participate in the growth of the country's economy. As Ghana's primary stock market, the GSE provides access...
Personal Posts
Lamentations is Just Complaining and Wailing, Why is It Even In The Bible
The book literally says lamentations which in simple term can be called complaining. My first time reading this book I was wondering why would anyone even add this to the...
Africa mindset Reset Forum - Reported by RDjarbeng
Africa Mindset Reset Forum: A Live Log Reporting from the Africa Mindset Reset Forum. This post will serve as my log of events as they happen. Since yesterday, August 25th,...
The Magnus Carlsen Gambit: Disrespecting Grandmasters for Fun With Gotham Chess
Magnus Carlsen is so good at chess that he often has to "nerf" himself just to make online games interesting, according to the YouTube channel Gotham Chess. While most of...
The Man Who Can
Thinking If you think you are beaten, you are, If you think you dare not, you don't, If you like to win, but you think you can't, It is almost...
Announcing CMMRS 2026 in Saarbrucken, Germany for pre-doctoral researchers
Applications are requested from undergraduate students or Master’s students in computer and information science, computer engineering, or a related discipline to the 10th annual Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research...
Why is There a Giant Basket on This Building in Kigali?
First time visitors to Kigali might wonder why there is this giant basket on a building? I know I did. 📍Where are we? Let's start with the basics: we’re in...
📚 Project Enlighten
Curated, legal, and free tech books onlineA hand-picked collection of genuinely great books on machine learning, deep learning, Python, and computer vision that authors and publishers have made permanently free to read online.
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Practical Python for absolute beginners - automate spreadsheets, files, web scraping, emails and other tedious tasks.
Confessions of an IT Manager
Anarchic humour wrapped around hard-won wisdom about software projects, hiring, firing and surviving life in IT. Free...
Crafting Interpreters
Build two complete interpreters from scratch and finally understand how programming languages actually work. Beautifu...
