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Behind the Prompt Curtain
Every AI prompt is a stateless HTTP request. No memory, no magic. Just a JSON array of messages you build and send yourself. Once you see what is actually going over the wire, adding AI to your product stops being intimidating. The technical barrier is gone. The only question left is whether you should.
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AI is Making Us Artificially Intelligent
We had KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid. A principle built to stop us drowning each other in noise. AI has replaced it with BOVINE. Being Overly Verbose In Needless Expositions. We are producing more content than ever, reading less of it, and proudly signing our names to work we never actually did.
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It’s Just a Series of Prompts
Everyone is talking about agent frameworks like they require a PhD and a six-figure implementation budget. They do not. At the core, it is a text file with instructions, a script that does one job, and a place to store state. That is it. You are already closer to being an agent developer than anyone is telling you.
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The Cold Start Problem ~ book review
Andrew Chen charts the rise of the some of the larger Internet companies whose value only increases through an increased number of users – the network effect.
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Movies/TV of 2021
Reviewing the Top 8 movies and TV series that made it to the top of my list during 2021.
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Double finger Chromebook Tip
I was this years old, when I realized that pressing two fingers down on a Chromebook track pad, invokes the right-hand menu bar. I am a huge Chromebook fan. Use them daily, yet, this little trick slipped by me.
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Stop it with .. “world famous”
The next phrase on my silly rant list is “world famous”. no clue what is trying to be sold to me here when I read such a lofty claim
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Stop it with the .. “Unlimited”
Start of a new mini series of harmless rants focused around words/phrases that have crept into our lives that have lost their original punch.
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Isolation – things I have discovered
Now on my 6th week of isolation (self after a trip to Scotland, then forced isolation), I have discovered a few things about myself.
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Uber Works – car no longer required
Sure there are services that offer this already, but if Uber can make this truly accessible, for people to earn an extra dollars in their free time, this could be a major game changer. Uber explained that it has partnered with local businesses in Chicago to offer would-be workers roles in six job categories: back-of-house, front-of-house, warehouse, cleaning, customer service and general labor. Jobs taken might include bartending, assembly-line work,…
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FedEx CEO finally admits Amazon is a real competitor
“We basically compete in an ecosphere that’s got five entities in it,” Smith said, adding: “There is UPS. There is DHL. There is a US Postal Service. And now increasingly there is Amazon. That’s who we wake up every day trying to think about how we compete against and give the best services to our sales force.” I am getting a Blockbuster feeling about FedEx – though this time, after…
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Netflix Loses No. 1 Spot as Bandwidth User for 2019
Interesting to see who is consuming the global bandwidth with this study. Buried deep in this report is how Google represents 17%. Worldwide, these are the top 10 applications by downstream bandwidth consumption: HTTP media stream (12.8%); Netflix (12.6%); YouTube (8.7%); operator IPTV (7.2%); HTTP download (4.5%); HTTP TLS (4.4%); HTTP (3.0%); Facebook (3.0%); PlayStation download (2.8%); BitTorrent (2.4%). Source: Netflix Loses No. 1 Spot as Bandwidth-Eating Application for…
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
For over 24 years, I’ve shared my thoughts here on this blog whenever the muse strikes.
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