Why can't we (pip and conda) be friends?
“Don’t mix pip and conda” - is the general advice from Anaconda, or if you must, use pip after conda. But why? One of the reasons is that conda and pip have different ways of ...
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Backing up docker volumes
In today’s I-can’t-believe-I’m-doing-this-in-2024 I needed to re-build my webserver because it kept hard-freezing every week (another post for another day). Since I use a docker setup for this, my setup is pretty turnkey - I ...
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Adding a sliding animation in 2024 - WHY IS THIS SO HARD
A tower of blocks I had a scenario for a personal project where I had e.g. a (+) button, and clicking that button should insert a new thingy into the DOM. No problem-o. button.addAdjacentHTML(element, <div>thingy</div>) ...
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Go concurrency the right way (e.g. my way)
My take on go concurrency is that there are 3 things that matter, and we can create a robust pattern using … 3 technologies to help us out. None of this is really new, but ...
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Ignore your post-training and sound normal, damnit
The technical bits are at the bottom, just skip ahead if you want :) For all my academic friends out there, yes - this is yet another blog article lamenting the rise of AI-generated text. ...
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Hibernating is easy now?
Alternatively: S0ix is still awful My Linux laptop runs out of battery all the time. It goes to sleep, and then it just drains and drains until it’s dead. It’s a problem we’ve largely solved ...
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Easy, secure API keys
I needed to add API key authentication to our work environment. I needed: To develop the functionality quickly Be confident in the security of the system API keys should only be visible once when created ...
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Understanding Softmax
A collection of pastel colored billiard balls When running an inference server, you can choose settings like temperature, top-p, and top-k. To understand these values, we really just need an understanding of the softmax activation ...
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Automatic recovery using lvm-autosnap
Two vintage cars side-by-side. The one on the left is rusted out and missing headlights. The one on the right has been restored to good condition TL;DR: https://github.com/intentionally-left-nil/lvm-autosnap Running linux is an adventure. About a ...
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Why can't we (pip and conda) be friends?
“Don’t mix pip and conda” - is the general advice from Anaconda, or if you must, use pip after conda. But why? One of the reasons is that conda and pip have different ways of ...
Read more ⟶
Understanding Softmax
A collection of pastel colored billiard balls When running an inference server, you can choose settings like temperature, top-p, and top-k. To understand these values, we really just need an understanding of the softmax activation ...
Read more ⟶
Hibernating is easy now?
Alternatively: S0ix is still awful My Linux laptop runs out of battery all the time. It goes to sleep, and then it just drains and drains until it’s dead. It’s a problem we’ve largely solved ...
Read more ⟶
Adding a sliding animation in 2024 - WHY IS THIS SO HARD
A tower of blocks I had a scenario for a personal project where I had e.g. a (+) button, and clicking that button should insert a new thingy into the DOM. No problem-o. button.addAdjacentHTML(element, <div>thingy</div>) ...
Read more ⟶
Automatic recovery using lvm-autosnap
Two vintage cars side-by-side. The one on the left is rusted out and missing headlights. The one on the right has been restored to good condition TL;DR: https://github.com/intentionally-left-nil/lvm-autosnap Running linux is an adventure. About a ...
Read more ⟶
Ignore your post-training and sound normal, damnit
The technical bits are at the bottom, just skip ahead if you want :) For all my academic friends out there, yes - this is yet another blog article lamenting the rise of AI-generated text. ...
Read more ⟶
Backing up docker volumes
In today’s I-can’t-believe-I’m-doing-this-in-2024 I needed to re-build my webserver because it kept hard-freezing every week (another post for another day). Since I use a docker setup for this, my setup is pretty turnkey - I ...
Read more ⟶
Easy, secure API keys
I needed to add API key authentication to our work environment. I needed: To develop the functionality quickly Be confident in the security of the system API keys should only be visible once when created ...
Read more ⟶
Go concurrency the right way (e.g. my way)
My take on go concurrency is that there are 3 things that matter, and we can create a robust pattern using … 3 technologies to help us out. None of this is really new, but ...
Read more ⟶
Why can't we (pip and conda) be friends?
“Don’t mix pip and conda” - is the general advice from Anaconda, or if you must, use pip after conda. But why? One of the reasons is that conda and pip have different ways of ...
Read more ⟶
Ignore your post-training and sound normal, damnit
The technical bits are at the bottom, just skip ahead if you want :) For all my academic friends out there, yes - this is yet another blog article lamenting the rise of AI-generated text. ...
Read more ⟶
Understanding Softmax
A collection of pastel colored billiard balls When running an inference server, you can choose settings like temperature, top-p, and top-k. To understand these values, we really just need an understanding of the softmax activation ...
Read more ⟶
Backing up docker volumes
In today’s I-can’t-believe-I’m-doing-this-in-2024 I needed to re-build my webserver because it kept hard-freezing every week (another post for another day). Since I use a docker setup for this, my setup is pretty turnkey - I ...
Read more ⟶
Hibernating is easy now?
Alternatively: S0ix is still awful My Linux laptop runs out of battery all the time. It goes to sleep, and then it just drains and drains until it’s dead. It’s a problem we’ve largely solved ...
Read more ⟶
Adding a sliding animation in 2024 - WHY IS THIS SO HARD
A tower of blocks I had a scenario for a personal project where I had e.g. a (+) button, and clicking that button should insert a new thingy into the DOM. No problem-o. button.addAdjacentHTML(element, <div>thingy</div>) ...
Read more ⟶
Easy, secure API keys
I needed to add API key authentication to our work environment. I needed: To develop the functionality quickly Be confident in the security of the system API keys should only be visible once when created ...
Read more ⟶
Automatic recovery using lvm-autosnap
Two vintage cars side-by-side. The one on the left is rusted out and missing headlights. The one on the right has been restored to good condition TL;DR: https://github.com/intentionally-left-nil/lvm-autosnap Running linux is an adventure. About a ...
Read more ⟶
Go concurrency the right way (e.g. my way)
My take on go concurrency is that there are 3 things that matter, and we can create a robust pattern using … 3 technologies to help us out. None of this is really new, but ...
Read more ⟶