Dev, Design, AI, and Fun
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Introducing GPT-systems: My LLM Experiments
As part of getting back into the right head space, I needed to decide on decent side projects to keep myself busy with. After looking, and debating, I’m moving through the edX TinyML course at a steady pace, then I picked up the humble bundle…
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Reading Review: Attached – Part Two
I finally managed to finish getting through Attached, in Part One I shared I would organise to finish it off, and I finally have. What reminded me to make this review happens to be something mentioned in a TikTok I saw yesterday. We have a…
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2024, June 8: Crazy Singles Hikes
On the 8th the Crazy Singles group had an amazing adventure at the Shelter Rock trails. As a bunch of crazy people, we enjoyed our time on the amazing hike together. Images have colour enhancements and are scaled down to 18% size for privacy and…
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2024, June 1: Crazy Singles Hikes
On the 1st the Crazy Singles group had an amazing adventure at Piesangkloof Hiking trails. As a bunch of crazy people, we enjoyed our time on the amazing hike together. Images have colour enhancements and are scaled down to 18% size for privacy and ease…
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Experiment: Own Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
As my next idea for LLMs use, I decided to dabble with some OCR. Converting images to text in a speedy manner. Over the weekend I spent a little time experimenting with MiniCPM-Llama3-V-2_5-int4. The idea I have is to get details from my purchase slips,…
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2024, May 19: Crazy Singles Hikes
This last weekend we went to Castle Gorge, just inside the North West from Gauteng. It’s a wonderful hiking trail, I recommend if you enjoy hiking that you at least organise with your group to go there. This time I took a slightly different approach…
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2024, May 11: Crazy Singles Hikes
This weekend’s hike was at the De Wildt Cheetah Lodge. Not with the memory of when it was, I pitched up at the De Wildt 4×4 Nature Park. I don’t own a 4×4. It’s only 5 to 6km further along the road, so we were…
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Llama 3: Project Management, Design, and Planning
Two weeks ago, I started with the simple LLM training post, and then meta-llama released a new improved model, meta-llama-3-8B. At 16Gb it has a pace that is alright for my minimal hardware, it only takes a few minutes to answer questions. My goal became…
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RapidMono: An Assistant For MonoGame GameDev
While my original project, RapidXNA – built 11 and a half years ago, used to be available to the public, I decided to hide it as XNA fell to the ground. I felt this year I wanted to be more active with my game development…