StuckInALocalMinima

Hi, I’m Bruno Baruffaldi 👋

I’m a Senior Machine Learning Engineer and software developer, passionate about building systems that actually scale — whether it’s in the cloud ☁️, on the edge 🚜, or somewhere in between. With a background in Computer Science, I’ve spent the past years working at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and high-performance software engineering.

I was the first engineer at DeepAgro, a startup where I helped design AI systems for selective herbicide spraying. My work ranged from embedded real-time inference on Nvidia Jetson devices to cloud-based large-scale model serving. Along the way, I mentored engineers, researched new ML architectures, and wrote about some of the process.

This blog — StuckInLocalMinima — is where I share things I learn and random thoughts on machine learning projects and code.

⚡ Fun facts

• I once built a trivia solver that could answer HQTrivia questions in real time with 86% accuracy (before LLMs existence).
• I enjoy working on parallel algorithms and HPC challenges.
• The blog name is a hint to the brief, solvable setbacks we all hit — seasons of low momentum, not dead ends.

If you want to talk about ML, systems, or just share your favorite subreddit, feel free to reach out!