[Notes] A Hackers Guide to LLMs

I once came across a Reddit thread where people were sharing embarrassing facts about themselves. My favorite was a guy who misheard the saying “Knowledge is power” - Francis Bacon as “Knowledge is power, France is bacon”. For years, he thought that this was the way the saying went. Knowledge is power It’s time for my “France is bacon” moment - I...

How much extra javascript do you need to wire a reasonably ambitious and feature full rich text editor in your HTMX based app? Let’s find out. Some context: The very first build of tinychat shipped with a plain text editor. tinychat uses HTMX to get the SPA feel going. Last week I added integration with CK Editor 5. Here is what it looks like:...

This week I’ve been working on containerizing some Pytorch based software. Below are some notes on how to make this process more pleasant and relaxing by avoiding a few pitfalls. I used Paperspace Machines, specifically their ML-in-a-Box which is an Ubuntu 20.04 based image that ships with Docker, CUDA and NVidia Docker already installed. Let me...

Ted Nelson documented his efforts to create a computer network with a simple user interface via Project Xanadu in 1974-1975. book The Pledge The purpose of computers is human freedom. I am going to help make people free through computers. I will not help the computer priesthood confuse and bully the public. I will endeavor to explain patiently...

Smol AI/developer is an open source code generation tool by mighty swyx that got a lot of people excited. You can see some demos of its usage here and here. In this post we’ll take a look under the hood to see how it works. After reading this you should be able to recreate something similar potentially better tailored to your needs and your...