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Basil Latif

Basil Latif

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Jun 11

Why I built a World Cup simulator that forbids the language model from predicting a single score

When people hear “AI World Cup predictor,” they picture the same thing: you type “who wins the final?” into a chatbot, and it confidently…

Why I built a World Cup simulator that forbids the language model from predicting a single score

Basil Latif

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Jun 3

I Built an NBA Finals Prediction App with Codex, Claude, and Streamlit

1. The Goal

I Built an NBA Finals Prediction App with Codex, Claude, and Streamlit

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Data Science Collective

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Basil Latif

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Apr 28

The Model Is the Least Important Part of Your AI System

I built a local AI analyst.

The Model Is the Least Important Part of Your AI System

Basil Latif

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Mar 30

I Built a Fully Local AI Agent That Works Like an Analyst

Over the past few months, I kept hearing about how Agentic AI is going to take over the world:

I Built a Fully Local AI Agent That Works Like an Analyst

Basil Latif

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Nov 19, 2025

Data Science Job Market in 2025–2026

Today, the data science job market is evolving more than it has in any time in recent history. New agentic coding platforms like Cursor…

Data Science Job Market in 2025–2026

Basil Latif

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Oct 29, 2025

Building a Token-Efficient Keepa ETL: From Raw Deals to a Postgres Analytics Lake in Days

Subtitle: How I engineered a low-cost, high-throughput Amazon product pipeline using the Keepa API, Postgres, and Python — built for…

Building a Token-Efficient Keepa ETL: From Raw Deals to a Postgres Analytics Lake in Days

Basil Latif

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Jul 8, 2025

✉️ I Built an LLM That Writes Emails for Me — Here’s How

I wanted to get hands-on experience building and deploying an LLM app in production. ChatGPT helped me a lot with and helped me complete…

✉️ I Built an LLM That Writes Emails for Me — Here’s How

Basil Latif

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Jun 12, 2025

Scraping Amazon Offer Data at Scale: How I Pulled 10,000+ ASINs with Python + Keepa API

I. Introduction

Scraping Amazon Offer Data at Scale: How I Pulled 10,000+ ASINs with Python + Keepa API

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The Data Entrepreneurs

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Basil Latif

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Dec 27, 2024

How I Built a Data Product for Amazon Sellers: Lessons Learned

In this article, I am going to talk about how I used Gumroad, Google Sheets, the Keepa API, and Unbounce to build a landing page to sell a…

How I Built a Data Product for Amazon Sellers: Lessons Learned

Basil Latif

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Jul 12, 2024

Creating a Keepa API Market Intelligence Tool

Today, more people are selling goods through Amazon and need reliable data about Amazon products. Keepa is a company that tracks data on…

Creating a Keepa API Market Intelligence Tool

Basil Latif

Basil Latif

I work with data teams on AI strategy and implementation. If you're building something like this, let's talk Email: basil.latif@gmail.com

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