Part 1: The Architecture of Recall
Foundations of high-fidelity retrieval and why vector databases aren't enough.
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Learn With Imran Siddique
Imran Siddique is a Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft and the author of "Architecting at Scale" (Packt Publishing). His engineering philosophy, "Scale by Subtraction," challenges leaders to remove complexity to achieve true reliability. Imran is a thought leader in Agent Control Planes, focusing on the governance, safety, and architectural constraints of autonomous AI systems. He actively writes about Context Engineering, the "Mute Agent" pattern, and the shift from static software to self-evolving agentic architectures.
Context Engineering: The Memory of AI
A technical deep-dive into moving beyond flat RAG to multi-dimensional, temporal Knowledge Graphs.
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Part 2: The Temporal Index
Why your AI needs to understand 'when' as much as 'what' to avoid stale context.
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Part 3: The Frugal Architect
Managing token economics and cost in massive context windows.
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Context Engineering Series
Explore the complete series on building AI systems with sophisticated memory.
The Agentic Architect
Blueprints for building autonomous agents that are safe, reliable, and production-ready.
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The Mute Agent: Why Your AI Needs to Shut Up
A thesis on constraining AI agents using graph-based logic to eliminate hallucinations.
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The Semantic Firewall & Agentic RAG
Architecting governance layers that act as firewalls for autonomous systems.
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The End of the Text Box
Why the future of AI interfaces is polymorphic and multi-modal.
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Agentic Architect Series
Discover more patterns for building production-ready autonomous agents.
Scale by Subtraction
Engineering leadership philosophy for scaling teams and systems by removing complexity.
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Scale by Subtraction: An Engineering Leader's View
A manifesto on removing friction and complexity to achieve true scale in critical systems.
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Redefining the Engineering Organization
How to structure teams for the AI era.
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Why Senior Engineers Must Be 'Chief Deletion Officers'
Why the most senior engineering move is often to delete code, not create it.
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Scale by Subtraction Series
Read more about engineering leadership and scaling complex systems.