Ronnie Diaz
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Mountains We Climb
First Published Jan 21, 2024. Reflecting back on 2023, it was a year of exploration. For me, I can bucketize my years into growth or exploration, recovery, execution or stability. You might be thinking this a reductionist view on life,… Continue reading
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SyntaxError: (unicode error) ‘unicodeescape’ codec can’t decode bytes in position truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
This is a common error in python when you are reading from a file and have specified a file path String. You can usually fix this by placing an ‘r’ in the front of your string to change it to… Continue reading
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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
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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
