arvind_k

Hi HN,

I’m a senior software developer with 20 years of experience in architecture, backend systems, and product development. Over the last few years, I’ve become deeply interested in AI and machine learning — not just building with existing tools, but understanding and contributing to AI research itself.

I’m looking for a mentor (ideally a researcher, academic, or industry professional) who can guide me in:

Understanding current AI research trends and literature.

Choosing a research focus area (NLP, computer vision, reinforcement learning, etc.).

Developing a study plan to build the mathematical and theoretical foundation.

Navigating from applied engineering into original research contributions.

I’m happy to pay for your time and structure this as regular 1:1 sessions (remote is fine). My goal is to transition from being a senior software architect into someone who can meaningfully contribute to AI research over the next few years.

If you’re interested, please DM me (arvind.kapse@gmail.com)

Thanks!

Adtech is seeing a major shift—from keyword-based targeting (search, bid, intent) to more context-driven approaches (content, behavior, semantics, attention signals). With increasing privacy regulations, deprecation of third-party cookies, and rise of LLMs, the ability to interpret context in real-time is becoming central to modern ad targeting.

I'm curious:

What are the key technological shifts when moving from keyword to context-based ad targeting?

How are platforms adapting—especially DSPs, SSPs, and publishers?

What impact will this have on existing ad revenue models (e.g., CPC, CPA, CPM)?

Who is actively working in this space right now—either startups, research labs, or open-source communities?

If you're working on this, experimenting with new approaches (e.g., semantic embeddings, on-device inference, or federated contextual targeting), or looking to collaborate—I'd love to connect and potentially partner.

how can I generate some type of return on this $15,000 value? Googling around, some people have mentioned using them on https://hash-to-coins.com/, but I think I would barely get any value out of that.

As some one who is intellectually curious and has a longing to understand what how of the mind and its existence, can somebody point me to interesting materials on the net, I think i am just looking for a article or some thing which will produce a kind of eureka moment for me.

If you have come across any article/book/channel which has produced that moment of clarity.

Thanks

we are group of seniors(kick ass) developers who in the past have built SAAS, PAAS and Analytics products(can give refernces in private), so was wondering if anybody is interested in getting product development done

what is best place to look @ on the web, we just started dont want to go through FreeLance sites since we want to build long term relation and teams for the company and not look for one off consulting gig.

Any pointers will help