questions people ask before they email. plain answers. if a section says "not the right fit" — believe it.
who is alex
alex chernysh. AI engineer in israel - retrieval, evals, agent infra. open-source side is bernstein, the open-source governance layer for AI agents: reproducible runs, signed audit trail. writing lives here.
the bot speaking as "i" is the same person. with citations.
what does alex actually work on
three surfaces. bernstein — open-source, runs on real repos. an AI engineering role with production traffic. forward-deployed consulting for teams whose live system needs cleaner seams.
is alex available for consulting
yes, for the right shape. forward-deployed before full-time. send a paragraph on what you're running to alex@alexchernysh.com — proposed scope comes back the same day.
what's alex's technical background
several years of production systems before AI; the AI work is the last few. each post on the blog grew out of something that broke. publication date ≈ when the fix landed.