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The Crowdstrike Incident: A developer mistake explained in 3 minutes
Why a routine update led to such widespread chaos
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34 - AI for Real Life: Augmented Creativity, Robot Hockey, and storytelling with my friend Frankie
Listen now (35 mins) | Adapting to AI generated content, the Augmented philosophy
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My Attempt at a Tree-View Hierarchical Summarizer to Read with AI
30 sec demo of a POC for reading large texts with LLMs
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June 2024

Making a Simple Web Game in Minutes with AI for My Daughter
Claude Sonnet 3.5 > ChatGPT
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Pushing the Right Buttons: How My Son Taught Me to Find High-Impact Work as a Staff Engineer
Listen - Do - Share
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I binged two weeks of intro to LLM content, here's what I think is important for AI beginners
I love this field..
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May 2024

What is RAG and how can it be used to train LLMs on your own data?
RAG is a one method of fine tuning your LLM.
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I trained a local LLM on my Obsidian, here's what I learned
How I did it in an hour and what to try next
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33 - A story of regret
A story I was going to tell at a Moth StorySLAM
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My Framework for Learning in Public as a Staff Engineer
WHY BOTHER? ✔ Writing is the best way to improve your thinking. ✔ Strengthen your vulnerability muscle. You learn to worry less about other people’s…
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Key Takeaways from the Two Books That Helped Me Grow From Senior Engineer to Staff Engineer
The Staff Engineer’s Path & Staff Engineer are two books that gave me a roadmap to grow beyond Senior level.
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Can You Still Achieve FIRE While Prioritizing Your Kids? My Experience as a Staff Engineer Finding Work-Life Balance With Two Little Kids.
Yes, but slow it down.
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