PyLossless
Python tooling for reproducible EEG preprocessing and quality-control workflows that researchers can audit and re-run.
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Tyler Collins
Research Computing Consultant
I help researchers turn computational problems into reliable, scalable software and workflows. My work spans HPC systems, Python tooling, research analytics, EEG/MEG pipelines, performance profiling and optimization, and human-in-the-loop uses of LLMs for scientific teams.
- HPC
- Slurm
- Python
- Research software
- Research analytics
- GPU efficiency
- Coding agents
- LLM-assisted workflows
Latest post
Before You Rebuild Your RAG Pipeline, Try an Agent
If RAG is returning incomplete answers from dense technical documentation, try letting an agent search and read the source material directly.
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Highlighted projects
EEGStudyFlow
Workflow patterns for managing EEG studies from raw recordings through to analysis-ready outputs without re-deriving state.
View on GitHubWriting More Code with AI Agents
A practical talk about using AI-generated tests, checks, and diagnostic code without handing over the scientific decisions.
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Recent posts
Before You Rebuild Your RAG Pipeline, Try an Agent
If your RAG system keeps giving incomplete answers, try going fully agentic. I’m not saying retrieval-augmented generation is useless. It can make a …
Read the incident report before declaring AGI
I keep seeing people describe the OpenAI and Hugging Face security incident as evidence of AGI or how we are all doomed in the next year. The bots …
Your KPIs Aren't Telling You Enough
Is GitHub down if the website loads but GitHub Actions doesn’t work? Technically, no. A lot of GitHub is still available. You can browse, review …
Check what your AI plan does with your data
There is a lot of drama around OpenAI’s claimed solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem. I’m not going to try to evaluate the …
Stop installing things your agent doesn't need
Stop adding things to Claude Code or Codex that you use once and then forget about. I like customizing my agents. Skills, plugins, extensions, …
Talks & publications
Recorded talks
Writing More Code with AI Agents
Use AI slop to verify code you already trust
Serial Farms: Package Options and When to Switch to Farming
Submitting hundreds of small jobs without making a mess
Revisiting Cython: Is It Still Effective?
Five years after my first Cython webinar