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  • How to setup qwen coder 2.5 LLM for local dev on Windows in four steps

    There is also a llama.cpp chat cli if you wanted to communicate directly which is useful for general testing, benchmarking and making sure your hardware is detected properly. Now let’s talk dev tools! Claude Code CLI Fastest setup/least steps and… Continue reading

    How to setup qwen coder 2.5 LLM for local dev on Windows in four steps

  • Comparing Text Similarity between two sentences using Python: Part 1

    This is Part 1 in a series covering NLP (Natural Language Processing) which progresses through a real-world problem that I recently encountered. I thought this would be a good topic to write since it is relatable to many online businesses… Continue reading

    Comparing Text Similarity between two sentences using Python: Part 1

  • Java DS & Algo Quick Reference

    This reference is not comprehensive of the entire language by any means and is intended as a quick refresher primarily on DS & Algos which you already know the fundamentals for. The topics within this guide are commonly vetted during… Continue reading

  • Python Interviewing Quick Reference Guide (a.k.a. “cheat sheet”)

    PEP8 style guide: https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/. Top 3 style guidance – use 4 space indents, lower camel case functions and variables, 79 char width (72 for docstrings). I use double quotes for strings so I don’t have to reprogram my brain when… Continue reading

  • Run Local LLMs with ollama on Windows

    Quickstart Instructions for doze: Manual/GGUF Approach: 4. Create using the model file, run: ollama create dolphin-llama3 -f dolphin.llama3.ModelInfo and you should see “transferring model data” then some hashes and manifest data and a final “success” 5. then to send text… Continue reading

    Run Local LLMs with ollama on Windows

  • Focus

      For over 6 years, the title of this site was – “Fraction of the Blogosphere”. It was fitting when I first created it and for years that followed.. One thought I had is to transform this site to accommodate… Continue reading

    Focus

  • heroku cheat sheet quick start

    #note requires java 8. add the ppa repo for oracle and install this if you dont have it already. check your local with: java -version #create auth token for subsequent commands heroku login #from within a local git cloned app… Continue reading

  • javac invalid target release maven ant intellij netbeans eclipse

    You may see the following error when running maven or ant command or from intellij: javac: invalid target release: 1.8 This occurs because you are running a build target for a version of java that you do not have set… Continue reading

  • solarized color theme

    Parent site: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized Vim (standalone or with pathogen): https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized Visual Studio (also in main repo): https://github.com/leddt/visualstudio-colors-solarized IntelliJ (also in main repo): https://github.com/jkaving/intellij-colors-solarized Putty: Install the .reg files to use with new sessions or edit previous sessions following the provided instructions.… Continue reading

  • vimrc settings

    Located in ~/.vimrc If it doesn’t exist, create it! To see more info on these settings, from within vim: To format a file with mixed tabs and spaces, after applying the above settings, from within vim: Continue reading