Learning A Bit

Category: Python

  • Not all LLM are created equal

    Over the holidays, while I was slacking from doing important computer work, I ended up at a casino. While there, I won a few bucks on my favorite game, roulette. Upon returning home, I looked for a roulette app, and there are plenty! But they have the “to play, I have to pay or give…

  • Another Busy Week…

    It has been another busy week. For AI in general, and for myself. On Tuesday, OpenAI had its keynote. And did they announce some stuff! Now on to what’s important! It is time I actively look for a new job. In an effort to keep a semblance of privacy, I am setting up a local…

  • Something From “Early” AI

    This is a little something that was getting started for work, but progress has stalled. It appears they are going to use a different implementation. (I am not giving away any work details here…) Essentially, it is an AI based web page that utilizes a local LLM. The main idea was to upload information, and…

  • Letting Go of The Past (App)

    This will be my final entry for AlertYoSelf. It was something I created a few years ago, that actually made it into the Apple App Store! Though it did not generate any revenue… It was created as an “out”, for people who were on dates or events, and wanted an excuse to possibly end it.…

  • An AI engineered prompt

    Although I have not been updating this blog, or my Github as I intended, that does not mean I have not been learning. I have always been better at organizing other people’s stuff than my own! For example, at work I hooked up OpenAI’s API to our contact form to automatically catch spam before it…

  • Welcome to 2025

    “Welcome” might be a bit strong. It implies a greeting at the door—but at this point, 2025 has already unpacked and made itself comfortable. It’s more like, “You’ve been here a while and had a look around—how do you like the place?” It’s been way too long since my last post. Life’s been busy—building a house, moving a…

  • Summing up 2023

    This week, I have been doing some digital clean up. In doing so, I reached this blog and see some posts that were never completed. Instead of trying to fully complete them, here are a few highlights! AI – To be clear, not training AI, but understanding how to use it to get meaningful responses.…

  • Ringing in 2024!

    2024 is a New Year, and a new me! I started out the year going down a rabbit hole, but it was an interesting rabbit hole with a long history. Are you familiar with shows such as Expedition Unknown or Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin? These are just two examples, but there are many…

  • AlertYoSelf Reboot Progress

    As you may have read previously, I am in the process of rebooting an iOS app I had in the App Store. It is underway, but the end result is in question. The core is set up and working, being based on the Fastapi course from Eric Roby. Users can sign up, alerts can be…

  • The AlertYoSelf Reboot

    There is a plan, to join the present with the past. I am going to rebuild a (more proper) API version of my app, AlertYoSelf. AlertYoSelf was a little something I created while learning an earlier version of iOS. It made it to the App Store, and was actually downloaded a few times. (Un)Fortunately, the…