Aloy Sathekge

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Aloy Sathekge

Applied AI Engineer building production RAG systems, agent frameworks, and full-stack platforms. Currently shipping AI features at NewPaper and maintaining Pori, an open-source agent framework.

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Currently

Designing and deploying an AI assistant for NewPaper's modular project-management platform — RAG over internal product data, LLM-powered automation across modules, and real-time streaming with role-based access. On the side, building Pori and AuditRAG to pressure-test ideas on evaluation, retrieval, and human-in-the-loop agent design.

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Your AI Agent Isn't as Good as You Think: How to Actually Evaluate It

Most agent frameworks have no way to tell if your agent is getting better or worse. I built an evaluation system into Pori that tests accuracy, reliability, performance, and safety. Here's why each matters and how they work.

March 29, 2026 (1mo ago)

Building a Production RAG System: Ingestion, Retrieval, Evaluation, and Observability

How I built AuditRAG, a fullstack Retrieval-Augmented Generation platform with hybrid search, auto-evaluation, and per-query observability. The architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and what I learned.

March 20, 2026 (1mo ago)

Why Pori Dropped LangChain: Building LLM Wrappers From Scratch

How we replaced LangChain with ~200 lines of protocol-based LLM wrappers in Pori. The architecture, the tradeoffs, and why direct SDK integration wins for agent frameworks.

December 25, 2025 (4mo ago)

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Java

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Swift

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Pytorch

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NewPaper

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WeThinkCode

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Open to full-time engineering roles focused on applied AI, backend, or full-stack. Based in Johannesburg,ZA, remote-friendly.

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