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Jurgens du Toit ZA

Jurgens
du Toit

AI Systems & Architecture

Technology and systems thinking are my passion. A South African who loves his wife, life, and code — usually elbow-deep in AI architectures or solving data problems like it's a sudoku problem.

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AI architecture and
data at production scale

I'm jrgns, a systems architect and technologist from sunny South Africa. I write and speak about all kinds of technologies, mostly centered around development, data, and lately AI.

Articles

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  • 2026-10-16

    Naive Bayes vs Strands Decider 2B: Full Benchmark Report →

    How many labelled examples does a tuned scikit-learn Naive Bayes need to match the zero-shot accuracy of AWS Strands Decider 2B, and what does each cost in energy? Measured on one RTX 3090 with hardware energy counters.

  • 2026-07-16

    Benchmarking vLLM on 2× RTX 3090: Setup and Aim →

    Hardware, software, and methodology for a systematic TP=2 coding model sweep on an Ampere dual-GPU rig — what the sweep does, how it works, and what 'best config' actually means.

Some of my talks

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  • PDF
    U2 should have used Elasticsearch

    @ DUG

  • PDF
    Moar logs! Logging on Linux using the ELK Stack

    @ JLUG

  • PDF
    A gentle introduction into Elasticsearch

    @ Elasticsearch SA Meetup

  • DECK
    Everything's Connected: Hacking the interwebs with Logstash

    @ Jozi.rb Meetup

  • DECK
    Leveraging the ELK stack to ensure API uptime

    @ Elasticsearch SA Meetup

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