I don’t have time for your dry prose, show me the code! If you find any mistakes in the code or in this post, be sure to let me know! You can create an issue in the github repo or … Read more
In my previous post, I gave an overview of question answering (Q&A) systems that use LLMs over private enterprise data. I covered the architectures of these systems, the common tools developers use to build these systems when the enterprise data … Read more
Some companies use an isolated network or even the complete lack of a network as a security measure to protect from unauthorized access. Working on these systems can be a struggle but it is still possible, and perhaps even more … Read more
Many Rust beginners with a background in systems programming tend to use bool (or even u8 — an 8-bit unsigned integer type) to represent “state”. For example, how about a bool to indicate whether a user is active or not? … Read more
This post assumes some basic C skills. Linux puts you in full control. This is not always seen from everyone’s perspective, but a power user loves to be in control. I’m going to show you a basic trick that lets … Read more
This is the story of a clever trick that’s been around for at least 35 years, in which array values can be left uninitialized and then read during normal operations, yet the code behaves correctly no matter what garbage is … Read more
Use b4 to apply random patches locally for patch review. Use lei to pull down emails and pathces you care about for all linux kernel mailinglists locally. Use mutt to read that email and respond. Use msmtp for sending email … Read more
In a previous article, we explained how Dagster and Airbyte can be leveraged to power LLM-supported use cases. Our newly introduced vector database destination makes this even easier as it removes the need to orchestrate chunking and embedding manually – … Read more
Running llama-2-7b-chat at 8 bit quantization, and completions are essentially at GPT-3.5 levels on a single 4090 using 15gb VRAM. I don’t think most people realize just how small and efficient these models are going to become. One of my … Read more
Using Prolog in Windows NT Network Configuration The Wayback Machine – https://web.archive.org/web/20030218034509/http://www.research.microsoft.com:80/research/dtg/davidhov/pap.htm David Hovel Microsoft ResearchMicrosoft Corporation Abstract Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system uses an embedded Prolog interpreter to configure its local and wide-area network systems. Interdependent software and hardware … Read more