Aiden Bai recommends a deep weekend read on evals, benchmarks and data work
aidenybai · x · 2026-10-12
Aiden Bai amplifies a detailed writeup on evals, benchmarks and data work, billed as a weekend read for anyone interested in — or curious about the suffering of people doing — evaluation and dataset engineering. The piece walks through the practical pain and realities of building benchmarks and curating evaluation data.
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