Balaram Neupane

Hi, I'm Balaram. I currently work at Manana Labs on agentic AI, evaluation, and information retrieval.

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Writing, study notes, reading notes, and contact details.

Longer write-ups on engineering problems I have worked on and ideas I want to think through.

Structured notes from topics I am studying, organized by subject.

Detailed takeaways and learnings from research papers I read.

Email, GitHub, LinkedIn, and other ways to reach me.

Recent pieces from blogs and notes.

May 18, 2026Three Ways Agents Use Tools, and When to Pick Each
Agents are powerful because of their ability to make autonomous decisions. And that power comes from their ability to interact with the environment. The way they interact with t...
March 30, 2026The Production Memory Leak I Solved by Accident.
I’m writing this a few months after the whole thing went down. At the time, I jotted notes here and there while debugging, but I never properly sat down to document it. So yeah,...
March 2, 2026Election: Are you making an impulsive decision?
For many people, choosing a party or candidate is largely an emotional decision. The definition of right candidate varies.