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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 Agentic IDEs are the latest wave following vibe coding. I think multi-agent workflows will continue…
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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 GPU VRAM (IMO iterative performance > slow thinking windows) https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct-GGUF/resolve/main/qwen2.5-coder-14b-instruct-q4_k_m.gguf?download=true Run the server. Example with…
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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 and demonstrates how leetcode/hackerrank types of problems can occur in your day-to-day as a Software…
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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 interviewing, esp. at Big Tech or companies with Big Tech influences. If you are not…
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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 I switch to Java or C# but it is also extra keystrokes. YMMV. Strict adherence…
