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Read monotirou articles about recommendation systems, workflow decisions, and operating notes.
How We Built a Recommendation System (And What Actually Moved the Needle)
The honest version of building a "For You" feed, including fake metrics we caught before shipping, a ranker that beat the heuristic 4x offline but went flat in production, and the single fix that mattered more than any change to the model.
9 min read
September 16, 2026