Writing

Create an interface between an LLM and a set of tools

LLMs can act as a user interface between our users and our algorithms.

Create a custom LlamaIndex loader for Google Calendar

Create a custom loader for LlamaIndex to pull and process more data from Google Calendar's API.

Enable logging with LlamaIndex

Use these lines of code to enable logging while running LlamaIndex.

Configure LlamaIndex to read from Google Calendar

Using data loaders, we can give LlamaIndex access to a Google Calendar to gain information about schedules and events.

Change the model used by LlamaIndex

The steps necessary to let LlamaIndex use a different Large Language Model than text-davinci-003.

What is LlamaIndex?

A quick breakdown of LlamaIndex, an open-source tool for working with Large Language Models.

Photo restoration using Lama-cleaner

Lama cleaner, an open-source project, allows for quick erasure of blemishes and objects in photos, making it great to use for photograph restoration.

Inkstrike

A magic weapon for Dungeons and Dragons that proves that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword.

The Seamstress

Meet the Seamstress, a card from the Tarnish deck, a Tarot-like deck I'm creating for a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.

ASCII Text in ChatGPT with a virtual machine

ChatGPT is horrible at writing ASCII text and drawing ASCII art. But can we trick it into performing better if it thinks it's a Linux computer?

Improving the DnD Constitution attribute

The Constitution attribute is mightily under-used; it's the only attribute without related skills! Can we make it better?

Retrieve the timezone from a JavaScript date

Learn how to extract and display the timezone from a JavaScript date object.

Making a state machine in TypeScript

Learn to code your own state machine in TypeScript to cleanly handle application state.

Typeguards and Closures in TypeScript

Discover a tricky gotcha when using typeguards in TypeScript.

Finding the coordinates of an element in a 2D array

A method for finding the coordinates of an element in a 2-dimensional array.

HTML Entities from the Twitter v2 API

Work with HTML entities from a 3rd party API.

Encoding QR codes in Braille characters

An experiment in transmitting QR codes visually over a text-only medium using Braille characters.

Cracking a Captcha with Tesseract.js

Using Tesseract.js and optical character recognition (OCR) to solve a captcha.

A Study in Poisson - Naive Dart Throwing

Learn about the most basic algorithm for generating poisson disk distributions.

The Difference Between apt and apt-get

A quick review of the difference between the two install tools for Debian.

Creating a CircleCI Orb

Create a CircleCI orb using the new orb development kit.

Avoid Losing Errors in a Bash Pipe

Pass error codes through a bash pipe to when chaining commands.

Switch Audio Outputs with a Hotkey

Create a shell script to switch audio output devices on Linux systems.

Versions and Aliases in AWS Lambda

Create versions and aliases of Lambda functions in order to test your changes in different environments or stages without affection your live production code.

Adjust AWS Cron Events for Daylight Savings Time

Adjust AWS Cron Events using Lambda to minimize Daylight Savings Time's effects on your services.

Error Handling in API Gateway with AWS Lambda and Node.js

Learn how to set up error codes in API Gateway when working with Lambda functions written in Node.js.