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I built a pipeline to automatically convert blog posts into audio using OpenAI's TTS API. The implementation handles chunking long articles (due to the 4096 character limit), gener…

In this post I walk you through how to host your own, private and secure LLM from anywhere. Here I use Synology and Raspberry Pi, but the principles are largely universal.

In which I discuss the idea of writing yearly reviews in the first place, some professional wins this year, some personal goals I'd like to achieve, and the state of my health.

Hey thanks! I like writing. This one took me a few days to write, but formed inchoately in the back of my head for years. Sometimes it's nice to finally just let the words spill ou…

I wish I could emphasize this comment more. Thank you for posting this. This reflects my thoughts exactly and the purpose of the post. There are so many more people whose stories y…

really appreciate all the thoughtful comments! Better than I could have imagined. Thanks all.

fixed.

yeah, absolutely abnormal.

doesn't hurt, apparently.

Oh my gosh! I didn't know this was a trend. This is somehow very reassuring to hear, all these years later. Thanks for mentioning this.

tell your friends, hah!

A few years ago, I set myself the goal of paying off all my student loans before I'm 30. I turn 30 in two months. And as of this month, I paid them off. All $194k of them... Obviou…

By the way, only tangentially related, but my favorite book on standardization is Nature’s Metropolis by William Cronon. It’s inspired a lot of my interest in the intersection of e…

I’m not going to try to convince you in particular one way or another. I’ve just been reflecting about what you’ve said in general, because I think it’s insightful and it’s gotten …

Welcome to the most impactful API you've never heard of! From the creators of NormConf the conference, happening December 15. Using latent-space embeddings we synthesize every arxi…

Completely free. Completely virtual. 20 minute stalks. Register today! List of speakers: Vicki Boykis Vincent Warmerdam Tim Hopper Lynn Cherny Matthijs Brouns Guenia Izquierdo JD L…

Yeah this seems like a copy

I’m just discovering this site even exists and it’s shutting down… Are there similar sites out there people recommend?