Learning A Bit

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  • Pruning Is Not Just For Trees And Shrubs

    As I prepare to start looking for new employment, I needed to clean up my Github repos. This involves cleaning out a LOT of code that turns out to be “useless”. Per Dictionary.com, pruning is “the act or practice of getting rid of undesirable elements or excess.” And that is exactly what I did. The…

  • 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…

  • Why I do these posts

    The answer to this has basically been outlined in the About page, and still remains very valid. This post is a callback to the beginning, and a reminder for myself or anyone who comes across this blog. I can’t say this is a mental dump, because I don’t document everything. I find it difficult to…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Selenium and Pytest, making testing your friend

    I recently completed the course, Python From Scratch & Selenium WebDriver QA Automation 2023, at Udemy. (certificate). In full disclosure, I did fast forward through the “Python From Scratch” portion as I already have some Python experience. I also skipped the “Robot Framework” section. I purchased the course to learn Pytest and Selenium webdriver. Also,…

  • Evolution of Thought

    This may be the first post I have done that explicitly relates to something I have done for work. Not to mention an opportunity to show growth in how to approach items and learn from them for the future. The situation – The new site for work was created and pushed live. All was well…