Insights & Labs

Thinking, in public —
plus toys to play with

Deep dives on AI systems, language models, and ML engineering — alongside the interactive labs and analytics demos we build for fun and for clients.

Insights

Analysis on artificial intelligence, language models, and the engineering behind them.

Brains, Bots, and Watts: Maybe We're Not So Dumb After All
AI / Technology Brains, Bots, and Watts: Maybe We're Not So Dumb After All How the human brain's energy efficiency compares to the power-hungry nature of current AI systems, highlighting the challenges in matching the brain's performance with current technology. 2025-04-03 Read article
Unlock Biblical Wisdom: Introducing Bib-Q
AI / Technology / Faith Unlock Biblical Wisdom: Introducing Bib-Q Discover Bib-Q, the AI-powered platform from MEZTech that helps you explore Scripture and find answers to your questions straight from the Bible. 2025-03-31 Read article
AI's Impact on Markets and Society: Past, Present, and Future
AI / Technology AI's Impact on Markets and Society: Past, Present, and Future How AI reshapes the global economy, work patterns, and wealth distribution—along with policy choices to ensure equitable outcomes. 2025-02-20 Read article
AI: The New Calculator
AI / Technology AI: The New Calculator A take on how Generative AI (LLMs, LDMs) impacts jobs, boosts productivity, and parallels earlier tech revolutions like calculators and the internet. 2025-02-10 Read article
The Evolution of Language Models: From Viterbi to GPT
AI / Technology The Evolution of Language Models: From Viterbi to GPT A look into the developmental milestones of language models: from Viterbi trellis decoding, RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformers, to GPT-3 and beyond. 2025-02-05 Read article

Labs & Demos

Interactive tools, live metrics, and technical explorations in crypto, options, and on-chain analytics — the same data-engineering discipline we bring to client work.

Interactive Tools

Bitcoin URPD Explorer
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin URPD Explorer Interactively explore Bitcoin's UTXO Realized Price Distribution through time. Open tool
Volume Over Market Capitalization (Percentage of Total Supply Traded Per Day)
Cryptocurrency Volume Over Market Capitalization (Percentage of Total Supply Traded Per Day) Visualize trading volume relative to the total supply of cryptocurrencies over time Open tool
Options Price Projection Tool
Stocks Options Price Projection Tool Enter a stock symbol, expiration date, strike, and call/put to visualize historical Black–Scholes estimated options contract prices plus a forward projection of the option price surface. Open tool

Live Metrics

Kaspa Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization
Cryptocurrency Kaspa Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization Analysis of Kaspa mining efficiency trends, comparing energy expenditure with market capitalization over time. View metric
Litecoin Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization
Cryptocurrency Litecoin Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization Assessing the historical trends of Litecoin energy expenditure as it relates to the marketcap of LTC. Use this page to visualize the effects of mining hardware improvements over time, changes in hashrate, and trading price on LTC's relative energy expenditure View metric
Bitcoin Cash Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization Analysis of Bitcoin Cash mining efficiency trends, comparing energy expenditure with market capitalization over time. View metric
Bitcoin Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Historical Energy Expenditure vs. Market Capitalization Assessing the historical trends of Bitcoin energy expenditure as it relates to the marketcap of Bitcoin. Use this page to visualize the effects of mining hardware improvements over time, changes in hashrate, and trading price on Bitcoin's relative energy expenditure View metric

Technical Explorations

Visualizing Bitcoin's URPD: A Deep Dive into UTXO Realized Price Distribution
Cryptocurrency Visualizing Bitcoin's URPD: A Deep Dive into UTXO Realized Price Distribution An in-depth technical exploration of creating visualizations for Bitcoin's URPD metric, from raw block data parsing through multiprocessed databases to interactive time-series analysis. 2025-07-24 Read article
NVIDIA: Beyond the Hype – Is the Valuation Justified?
Investing / Technology NVIDIA: Beyond the Hype – Is the Valuation Justified? A holistic examination of NVIDIA's historical P/E data, share price trends, HPC pivot, AI model efficiency, and the positive/negative drivers affecting its valuation. 2025-02-15 Read article
Options Pricing Model Visualizations
Stocks Options Pricing Model Visualizations A walkthrough of the Black–Scholes pricing model, including interactive JavaScript visualizations of the option price surface and Greeks such as Delta and Theta. 2025-02-01 Read article
Cryptocurrency Energy Expenditure vs Market Cap Analysis
Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency Energy Expenditure vs Market Cap Analysis A look into the security dynamics of proof of work cryptocurrencies. Comparing energy expenditure vs. market capitalization between Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Kaspa, and Litecoin. 2025-01-20 Read article