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      <title><![CDATA[LLM Provider Risk Management for Regulated Industries]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains LLM provider risk management for banks and financial services. The Trust Boundaries Model and Multi-Provider Strategy for regulatory compliance.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defence in Depth for AI Agents: Kill Switches, Circuit Breakers, and Control Layers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains defence in depth for AI agents in financial services. The Five-Layer Control Framework and Kill Switch Architecture for production AI safety.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI Agent Governance for Financial Services: The Complete Framework]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains AI agent governance for banks and financial services. The Tiered Governance Model and Three Lines of Defence framework for regulatory compliance with SS1/23, Consumer Duty, and SM&CR.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scaling AI-Assisted Development: From Startup to Enterprise]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI Agent Safety: The Substrate Pattern for LLM-Powered Systems]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains the Substrate Pattern for AI agent safety. How to build execution envelopes that constrain LLM-powered systems while preserving their capabilities.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Invariants in AI-Generated Code: What LLMs Can't Infer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains why unwritten invariants are the primary source of AI-generated defects. How to make implicit constraints explicit for production-ready AI-assisted development.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Complete Guide to Production-Ready AI-Assisted Development]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar explains how to use AI code generation in production systems. The Vibes Inside Guardrails framework for capturing AI productivity while maintaining reliability.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Optimizing ARM Builds in CI/CD Pipelines: Challenges and Solutions]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EdgeML and the Future of Robotics: Building the Next-Generation SDK and Platform]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built a next-generation robotics SDK at Orangewood Labs using EdgeML for on-device AI processing, enabling intelligent robotic systems.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AutoInspect and AutoSpray: ML-Driven Precision in Industrial Robotics]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built AutoInspect and AutoSpray at Orangewood Labs - ML and computer vision systems revolutionizing industrial quality control and precision spray painting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Machine Learning at Hike: Five AI Systems Serving Millions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar led development of five ML systems at Hike serving millions: computer vision avatars, vernacular NLP, social matchmaking, trust & safety, and gaming matchmaking.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building a Real-Time Data Ingestion and Analytics Framework for E-Commerce]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built Nykaa's real-time data ingestion framework processing 5B+ daily events using AWS Lambda and Apache Flink, enabling data-driven personalization.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RoboGPT: Natural Language Robot Programming and Industry Transformation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar developed RoboGPT at Orangewood Labs - an LLM-powered interface enabling natural language robot programming, transforming industrial automation across manufacturing and healthcare.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Innovating User Engagement: Developing a Real-Time Personalized Feed for E-Commerce]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built a TikTok-inspired real-time personalized feed at Nykaa using AI/ML, achieving 200% increase in daily active users and 150% more engagement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revolutionizing E-Commerce: Building an Integrated Ad Platform and Social Commerce Solution]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built Nykaa's integrated ad platform and social commerce solution, achieving 200% revenue increase and onboarding 1000+ influencers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pioneering India's First True E-commerce Marketplace at Tradus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar led a 15-engineer team building India's first multi-seller e-commerce marketplace at Tradus with pioneering public APIs and 300% listing growth.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Scalable E-Commerce Infrastructure: Platform Migration and High-Performance Services]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar led Nykaa's platform migration from Magento to custom Python, implementing in-memory cart service and Kong API gateway for 500% traffic growth.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Analytical Systems in Core Java at Tyroo: Revolutionizing AdTech in India]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built analytical systems at Tyroo (India's largest AdTech company) processing 10B+ daily ad impressions using Core Java for real-time insights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Enterprise Platform Development: Scaling Telecommunications and Advertising Solutions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built Kirusa Voice SMS (250M users) and enhanced Clickable PPC platform (TechCrunch Top 50) - enterprise-scale telecommunications and advertising.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shaping the Future of Content Sharing: Early Days at SlideShare]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar joined SlideShare as one of the first five engineers, building core features for the platform that became 'YouTube of presentations' (acquired by LinkedIn).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revolutionizing Mobile Banking: Developing PHIRE at MPower Money with Python and Metaprogramming]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar built PHIRE at MPower Money - the world's first mobile debit network enabling SMS-based banking for unbanked populations using Python.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Early Career Open Source Journey: Three Pioneering Projects (2005-2006)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar was one of the first five Indians in Google Summer of Code 2005, building WYSIWYG XUL editor for Mozilla and NFSv4 testing frameworks.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Optimizing Vision Algorithms: My Research Experience at B-Core Software in Tokyo]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dipankar Sarkar optimized computer vision algorithms at B-Core Software Tokyo, gaining international experience in image processing and algorithm optimization.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Innovating Oracle Reports: Developing a Web Service PDS Plugin at Oracle Corporation]]></title>
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