A Systems Programmer's Perspectives on Generative AI

Posted on Sun 10 December 2023 in geek • Tagged with ai, llms, systems, programming, chatgpt, qemu, open source

Alex discusses his experience playing with the current crop of large language models and muses on the power of processors multiplying lots of numbers together.


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Comparing Forge-Based and Email-Based Workflow for Open Source Projects

Posted on Sun 22 October 2023 in geek • Tagged with email, workflow, git, gitlab, github, floss, development, chatgpt

Comparing Forge-Based and Email-Based Workflow for Open Source Projects


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dired-rsync 0.7 released

Posted on Fri 14 July 2023 in geek • Tagged with emacs, dired, dired-rsync

There haven't been many changes in the last few years but Liu Hui did submit a new package that allows you to use dired-rsync with a transient interface. Aside from that there have been a few minor bug fixes for a few issues and I spent some time cleaning up …


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The Locksmiths Dream

Posted on Wed 28 December 2022 in geek • Tagged with larp, event, review

A review of attending the event The Locksmiths Dream, a Cultist Simulator puzzle experience


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My Setup (2022 Edition)

Posted on Tue 01 November 2022 in geek • Tagged with tools, desktop, setup, emacs

It's been a while since I last blogged about anything personally (although I have written a few things for work). In a struggle to come up with things to talk about I finally decided it might be worth documenting my current working setup. It's probably a function of my aging …


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