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Mar
14
Quick tips on LLM-based coding
Keeping this one somewhat short.
If you've seen this video, you know what the image above is based
4 min read
Mar
03
A Quick Review: The Pragmatic Programmer
I recently finished reading The Pragmatic Programmer, a well-known book that I somehow hadn't gotten around to reading until 10 years into my career, and my short review is simple: read this early in your career, so you don't have to learn its lessons the hard way like I did.
1 min read
Aug
01
The Writing on the Wall: Get Rusty
Introduction
I'm a software engineer of 10 years, working in the computer vision & image processing domains, working
6 min read
Jun
27
Freewrite 26 June, 2024
Peter prepared his mind to enter The Slipstream: the current of cosmic force trailing behind Life down its path through
3 min read
Jun
27
Summer Tanka 2024
Even through the sand
the landscapers left behind
rise chamomile shoots:
little promises of sun
to adorn what's
Jan
10
Winter Tanka 2024
It's been far too warm / this winter... feels autumn-like... / Blustering and warm; / drizzle is the worst it rains, / if we even get that much.
Jan
02
New Year's Resolutions
For the last several years, I've made a point of having at least one resolution for New Years
1 min read
Jul
10
A Kernel of Truth
We are the compute power that runs the universe.
You heard that right. The answer to the age-old question "
4 min read
Jul
10
Summer Tanka 2022 #2
The monstera of
the teahouse has just three leaves,
un-fenestrated;
But the ten propagations of pothos
dangle down from the
Jul
09
Summer Tanka 2022 #1
We're now in July
and still don't see a cloudless sky
as spring rains persist.
The