Grand strategy games
I play all four Paradox grand strategy games: Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings and Stellaris. Also a brand-new Warhammer player: bad at it, love it anyway.
About me
Hi, I'm Dylan 👋
When I'm not building search agents or arguing with rerankers, you'll probably find me doing one of these.
Off the clock
Xianxia novels
Every morning starts with the latest chapter of a xianxia (cultivation) novel. Thousands of chapters long: the original long-context benchmark.
Renovation videos
During short breaks at work, I watch house renovation videos. Strictly for research into before-and-after evaluation.
Cultivation status
Foundation Establishment realm
Cultivation base: 1,488 citations, h-index 18.
1,512 citations until breaking through to Golden Core.
Measured by Google Scholar, 2026-10-16. Each citation is one drop of spiritual qi.
Say hi
Happy to chat about retrieval, RAG, grand strategy or a good cultivation novel.