Todd Ballowe
@toddballowe.com
I’m originally from Illinois, but I bailed on the Midwest in ’97 and made Reno, NV my home.
Lead Engineer at Madison AI, musician since age five, and a book junkie with a soft spot for horror—on the page and on the screen.
https://toddballowe.com/bio/
Lead Engineer at Madison AI, musician since age five, and a book junkie with a soft spot for horror—on the page and on the screen.
https://toddballowe.com/bio/
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still
Burns
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still
Burns
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still
Burns
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still
Burns
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Because you're a FUCKING IDIOT, Todd.
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Because you're a FUCKING IDIOT, Todd.
@drdind.bsky.social hey I think you might like to help pass this along.
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
@drdind.bsky.social hey I think you might like to help pass this along.
Me in my 20s:
This radio station is playing my jams.
Me in my 30s:
This bar is playing my jams.
Me in my 40s:
This grocery store is playing my jams.
Me in my 50s:
This elevator is playing my jams.
This radio station is playing my jams.
Me in my 30s:
This bar is playing my jams.
Me in my 40s:
This grocery store is playing my jams.
Me in my 50s:
This elevator is playing my jams.
July 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Me in my 20s:
This radio station is playing my jams.
Me in my 30s:
This bar is playing my jams.
Me in my 40s:
This grocery store is playing my jams.
Me in my 50s:
This elevator is playing my jams.
This radio station is playing my jams.
Me in my 30s:
This bar is playing my jams.
Me in my 40s:
This grocery store is playing my jams.
Me in my 50s:
This elevator is playing my jams.
@theonion.com I'm just going to leave this here.
July 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@theonion.com I'm just going to leave this here.
I feel you on this one.
Apologies for not going to any parties or large gatherings at the convention, but since the beginning of the pandemic, I have not been comfortable doing so and also cannot afford to get sick in any way this year due to intense deadlines. I also get claustrophobic in such situations now.
June 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I feel you on this one.
@georgetakei.bsky.social
In case you haven't seen this one yet.
In case you haven't seen this one yet.
June 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@georgetakei.bsky.social
In case you haven't seen this one yet.
In case you haven't seen this one yet.
April 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Again not that anyone cares.
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How Building Madison AI Screwed With My Philosophy and Saved My Inner Writer (Sort Of)
Let’s start with the obvious: building an AI company was never on my bingo card. I didn’t grow up thinking, “One day, I’ll use Python to disrupt public service workflows and build municipal software s...
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April 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Again not that anyone cares.
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April 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Once upon a time I was a musician.
April 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Once upon a time I was a musician.
Syphilisisyphus:
When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night.
Syphilisisyphus.
When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night.
Syphilisisyphus.
April 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Syphilisisyphus:
When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night.
Syphilisisyphus.
When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night.
Syphilisisyphus.
Real men fight for the oppressed.
April 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Real men fight for the oppressed.
More bullshit about me.
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Punch Cards and Poetry: A Coder's Journey Through Time » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸
The journey of a coder is a winding road, full of unexpected turns, frustrating dead ends, and moments of pure exhilaration. Also, frustration and a frequent desire to bang your head against a fucking...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
More bullshit about me.
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The old man and the sea of code. Read yet another thrilling entry on my journey into becoming a lead AI solutions architect.
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My Life in Code: Marvelous 3, AI Search, and the Occasional Existential Crisis » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸
Alright, imaginary friends, gather ’round the virtual campfire. Today, we’re diving deep into the labyrinth of my memories and code files to unearth some hidden gems. You asked for details about the b...
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March 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The old man and the sea of code. Read yet another thrilling entry on my journey into becoming a lead AI solutions architect.
toddballowe.com/my-life-in-c...
toddballowe.com/my-life-in-c...
Yet another post no one will read about my journey from being a front end web developer to a lead AI solutions architect.
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The Long and Winding Road to Hybrid Search: A Facebook Flashback » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸
Hey everyone, I wanted to take a bit more time to share the story behind the development of the madison_hybrid_search function at Madison AI. It wasn’t a walk in the park, and looking back at […]
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March 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Yet another post no one will read about my journey from being a front end web developer to a lead AI solutions architect.
toddballowe.com/the-long-and...
toddballowe.com/the-long-and...
Another post about how I'm an old man and an idiot trying to play a young man's coding game.
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Early Days with Azure Search AI: The Time I Almost Gave Up on AI-Powered Search » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸
Not long ago, I was just a guy trying to make **search not suck**. My first attempts at AI-powered search? **Disasters.** If I had a dollar for every time I thought, “this is completely broken,” […]
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March 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Another post about how I'm an old man and an idiot trying to play a young man's coding game.
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WTF
If you’re still on X… why?
Holy fucking shit
March 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
WTF
The latest in my series on transitioning from a #webdeveloper to an #ai architect.
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The Frustrations of Data Processing: AI, Bureaucracy, and the Never-Ending Battle for Clean Data » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸
Data: The Necessary Evil of AI Development As the Lead AI Solutions Architect at Madison AI, my job isn’t just to build AI systems—it’s to make them work in the real world. And if there’s […]
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March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The latest in my series on transitioning from a #webdeveloper to an #ai architect.
toddballowe.com/the-frustrat...
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March 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM