AI & Software engineering

Hi, I am Artem Istranin.

I am an AI engineer, software developer, and technical lead based in Berlin. My work sits somewhere between machine learning, product engineering, and the very practical question of how to make intelligent systems useful outside a notebook.

Over the last several years I have built computer vision models/algorithms for cars and 3D spatial analysis, time-series models for signals that most people never see, LLM agents for supplier search, and the infrastructure around them: APIs, pipelines, testing, CI/CD, MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps that quietly save everyone a lot of time.

I have also spent a lot of time leading teams, mentoring engineers, and teaching. That part matters to me because good engineering is rarely just about knowing the clever trick. It is also about building shared taste: simple code, useful tests, honest trade-offs, and systems that a tired person can still understand on a Thursday evening.

I co-founded Isometric AI and NestFlow. Those projects pulled me deeper into the messy, interesting edge where AI has to meet real users, uncertain requirements, limited budgets, and production deadlines.

I use this site as a place to share my learnings and findings about AI systems, Python, backend development, testing, software design, and the human side of technical work.

If you are a developer, founder, or engineering leader thinking about AI in production, you will probably find something here worth stealing, improving, or learning.