parth sareen

i work on ollama. mostly ollama launch and the agent tooling around it.

on the side i build small tools nobody asked for: ducky, watchy, zuko. before that: a startup on agent reliability, tesla, apple.

outside of that: latte art, muay thai, and writing down ideas as they form.

writings

Mar 25 · 8 min Essay
Yet another generalist

Quick brain dump. Getting 70–80% good at anything, why specialists might still win, and the strange grief of not-quite-writing code anymore.

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Dec 25 · 15 min Deep dive
Building reliable AI agents

A first-principles breakdown of agent loops, tool design, and context engineering.

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Sep 10 · 10 min Deep dive
Sampling and structured outputs in LLMs

How sampling shapes token selection, and generating structured outputs in modern models.

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my work at ollama

2026-02-23 · Tutorial

Setting up OpenClaw

OpenClaw in under two minutes with a single Ollama command.

2026-02-16 · Feature

Subagents and web search in Claude Code

Ollama now supports subagents and web search inside Claude Code.

2026-02-01 · Launch

OpenClaw

A new open coding agent built around local and cloud models.

2026-01-23 · Launch

ollama launch

A new command that sets up and runs coding tools with local or cloud models.

2025-09-24 · Feature

Web search in Ollama

A new web search API with a generous free tier, available to every ollama user.

2025-05-28 · Engineering

Streaming responses with tool calling

Chat applications can stream content and call tools in real time.

2024-12-06 · Feature

Structured outputs in Ollama

Constrain a model's output to a JSON schema, with Python and JavaScript libraries to match.

2024-11-25 · Feature

Functions as tools in Ollama

Pass Python functions directly as tools, with full typing support.

elsewhere

Small tools

watchy · ducky · zuko

Hobby

Latte art

Hobby

Fragrance collection