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Hi, I'm Alex Kraieski!

I'm an experienced web developer and data scientist passionate about R and Laravel. Data visualization is my specialty.

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Recent Articles

Lawson wasn't Quick Enough for Red Bull—F1 Data Analysis

March 31st, 2025 — When I heard that Red Bull Racing had dropped F1 driver Liam Lawson after just 2 weekends, I was shocked but not surprised. What will we see in a data analysis?

My Favorite Packages So Far for Building AI Apps with Laravel

March 26th, 2025 — I like PHP as an glue, orchestration, and delivery layer for AI apps. Here are the packages that have worked well for me so far.

DeepSeek R1 Distilled: Usable Local AI or Ban-Worthy Threat?

February 13th, 2025 — Released with an MIT license, DeepSeek-R1 is truly a breakthrough and a gift to the world. Curious about trying it locally?

Count Cards, not Parlay Legs: Lessons from my First Season of NBA and F1 Betting

January 24th, 2025 — Our society is now saturated with messaging encouraging you to make terrible bets on sports events. I've done my best to cultivate a data-driven approach instead

Breaking Free from Cloud-Based AI: My Hands-On Experience with LM Studio

December 12th, 2024 — Run AI on your computer with LM Studio: a review of its features, benefits, and limitations as a local LLM solution for personal and business use.