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  • 8 Trends in the dawn of AI

    I believe the current AI trends consolidate to roughly 8 different core themes, each supporting the other in a sort of octagon or octet truss. I’ve spent most of my time experimenting with 1-3: 1. Accelerated Creation In software development… Continue reading

    8 Trends in the dawn of AI

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

    Install llama.cpp, X64 Cuda 12 in my case (4070 Super 12GB)(https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases) NOTE: there are two download links, don’t forget the DLLs or you’ll run in CPU mode! Download a GGUF model file off hugging face that will fit in your… 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: download ollama (e.g. https://ollama.com/download) Check if the LLM you want to use is already on https://ollama.com/library/ and run: ollama pull deepseek-r1 That’s it! execute to begin chatting: ollama run deepseek-r1 Manual/GGUF Approach: Alternatively, find the GGUF… 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