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Imran Siddique

Senior Architect @ Microsoft. I write about scaling distributed systems, the art of "subtraction," and engineering leadership. Currently writing a book on the reality of building massive systems.

Bellevue, WA Joined on Dec 20, 2025

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Context Engineering (Part 3): The Frugal Architect

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Context Engineering (Part 3): The Frugal Architect

#scalebysubtraction #llmops #engineeringleadershi #finops

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Context Engineering (Part 2): The Temporal Index

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Context Engineering (Part 2): The Temporal Index

#aiarchitecture #knowledgemanagement #contextengineering #scalebysubtraction

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Context Engineering (Part 1): The Architecture of Recall

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Context Engineering (Part 1): The Architecture of Recall

#dataengineering #rags #informationretrieval #vectorsearch

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The Mute Agent: Why Your AI Needs to Shut Up and Listen to the Graph

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The Mute Agent: Why Your AI Needs to Shut Up and Listen to the Graph

#agents #ai #architecture #llm

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Stop Dumping Junk into Your Context Window: The Case for Multidimensional Knowledge Graphs

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Stop Dumping Junk into Your Context Window: The Case for Multidimensional Knowledge Graphs

#architecture #llm #rag

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Stop Drowning Your LLMs: The Case for the Multidimensional Knowledge Graph

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Stop Drowning Your LLMs: The Case for the Multidimensional Knowledge Graph

#ai #architecture #llm #rag

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 3

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 3

#multiagentsystems #headlessagents #promptengineering #cybersecurity

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 4

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 4

#selfhealingsystems #distributedsystems #cognitivearchitect #complexadaptivesyste

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The End of the Text Box: Architecting the Universal Signal Bus for AI

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The End of the Text Box: Architecting the Universal Signal Bus for AI

#agents #ai #architecture

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 2

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 2

#semanticfirewall #vectordatabase #agenticrag #graphdatabase

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 1

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The Agentic Architect Series: Part 1

#largereasoningmodels #inferencecost #scalebysubtraction #llmops

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Beyond the Chatbot: Architecture for Production-Grade Agents (Context as a Service)

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Beyond the Chatbot: Architecture for Production-Grade Agents (Context as a Service)

#agents #ai #architecture #llm

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The Wisdom Curator: How to Scale Human Oversight for Autonomous Agents

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The Wisdom Curator: How to Scale Human Oversight for Autonomous Agents

#probabilisticprogram #selflearning #aiautonomousagents #humanintheloop

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Stop Begging for Feedback: Why "Silent Signals" Are the Future of AI Learning

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Stop Begging for Feedback: Why "Silent Signals" Are the Future of AI Learning

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The End of "Chat": Why AI Interfaces Must Be Polymorphic

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The End of "Chat": Why AI Interfaces Must Be Polymorphic

#agents #design #ui

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The Death of TDD: Why "Evaluation Engineering" is the New Source Code

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The Death of TDD: Why "Evaluation Engineering" is the New Source Code

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Stop Begging Your AI to Be Safe: The Case for Constraint Engineering

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Stop Begging Your AI to Be Safe: The Case for Constraint Engineering

#softwareengineering #agents #security #ai

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 5): Beyond the Chatbot-The Polymorphic Interface

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 5): Beyond the Chatbot-The Polymorphic Interface

#ambientcomputing #humancomputerinterac #voiceui #scalebysubtraction

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The Agent Orchestration Layer: Managing the Swarm

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The Agent Orchestration Layer: Managing the Swarm

#microservices #aiarchitecture #agentswarm #scalebysubtraction

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 3): The Human in the Loop

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 3): The Human in the Loop

#architecture #aigovernance #evaluation #engineeringleadershi

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 2): Engineering the Signal

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The Self-Evolving Agent (Part 2): Engineering the Signal

#userexperience #datascience #aiengineering #productanalytics

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Beyond Fine-Tuning: Architecting the Self-Evolving Agent

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Beyond Fine-Tuning: Architecting the Self-Evolving Agent

#aiautonomousagents #aiarchitecture #mlops #graphrag

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Scale by Subtraction (Part 3): The Economics of AI Product Strategy

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Scale by Subtraction (Part 3): The Economics of AI Product Strategy

#techstrategy #llmops #engineeringeconomics #aiproductstrategy

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Scale by Subtraction (Part 2): Redefining the Engineering Organization

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Scale by Subtraction (Part 2): Redefining the Engineering Organization

#devex #techhiringtrend #futureofwork #engineeringmanagemen

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Scale by Subtraction: An Engineering Leader’s View on Practical AI

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Scale by Subtraction: An Engineering Leader’s View on Practical AI

#practicalai #llmops #architecture #engineeringleadershi

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The Hardest Migration: Moving Petabytes of Data While It Changes

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The Hardest Migration: Moving Petabytes of Data While It Changes

#elasticsearch #highavailability #resileince #upgrade

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How We Upgraded Petabytes of Data Without Stopping the Music

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How We Upgraded Petabytes of Data Without Stopping the Music

#azuredevops #upgrade #maintenance #elasticsearch

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The "One Size Fits None" Rule: How We Scaled Azure DevOps Search

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The "One Size Fits None" Rule: How We Scaled Azure DevOps Search

#sharding #partitioning #architecture #searchengines

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Scale by Subtraction: Why Senior Engineers Must Be "Chief Deletion Officers

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Scale by Subtraction: Why Senior Engineers Must Be "Chief Deletion Officers

#ai #aiagent #scaleup #dependencymanagement

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Measuring AI Productivity in Hackathons: Think First, AI Second

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Measuring AI Productivity in Hackathons: Think First, AI Second

#aitransformation #measuringairoi #aiproductivity

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How to Build Resilient Teams in a Rapidly Changing World

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How to Build Resilient Teams in a Rapidly Changing World

#employeeengagement #aihumanrelationships #leadershipresilience #psychologicalsafety

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Scaling Leadership in Uncertain Times: From Resilience to Strategic Clarity

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Scaling Leadership in Uncertain Times: From Resilience to Strategic Clarity

#leadership #futureofwork #strategicthinking #empathy

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