PinnedRémy-Christophe SchermesserA new iteration of our engineering career path at AlanA few years ago, we shared our engineering career path with the outside world. We thought it was interesting for our candidates and other…Mar 29, 2024Mar 29, 2024
Shion HondaDeepSeek R1: Demystifying LLM’s Reasoning CapabilitiesDeepSeek shocked the world by dropping an open-weight successor to OpenAI’s o1: R1. This post summarizes our learnings from the tech…Mar 3Mar 3
Shion HondaHow We Built Alan’s AI Assistant for Customer SupportAt Alan, exceptional customer care isn’t just a service — it’s a core part of what sets us apart in the insurance industry.Jan 8Jan 8
Tim PetricolaMoving our CI/CD to GitHub ActionsAt Alan, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) are crucial to our operations. We rely on CI/CD to trigger deployments…Nov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024
Shion HondaLlama 3 Takeaways for LLM PractitionersMeta’s release of Llama 3 in July 2024 has significantly impacted the landscape of large language models (LLMs). Unlike other open LLMs…Sep 24, 2024Sep 24, 2024
Tim PetricolaA bundler story: migrating from Webpack to RspackHere at Alan, we have been using Webpack for years. While it has served us well, it has become a bottleneck for development. We recently…Sep 3, 20244Sep 3, 20244
Jill THow to build 0–1 exploratory productsA year and half ago, Alan decided to build a back pain solution. At the time, our overall objective was hazy: all we knew was that back…Aug 8, 2024Aug 8, 2024
Damien BerseronWhat is the state of Alan’s Developer Experience and what we are working on?At Alan, we cherish the autonomy of our engineers, and want them to be empowered to craft, deploy, and test new features or products…Jun 27, 20241Jun 27, 20241
Maxime AuvyWhy does Alan as a health insurer have so many audits?Hey there! You might not think about it often, but insurance companies like us at Alan 👋 undergo a lot of audits. These aren’t just for…May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
Shion HondaBenchmarking Large Language ModelsJudging the quality of large language models (LLMs) is an unsolved challenge in AI. This is why there are so many LLM benchmarks — such as…Apr 18, 2024Apr 18, 2024
