Professionally, a Network Engineer with a passion for Python, open source stuff, indie games, boardgames, and radio. This site is mostly a reference for myself to remember how I got things to work. There's a chance it will help you too! (1)
The views, opinions, and positions expressed on this blog are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of my employer or any other organization with which I am affiliated. All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only and is not intended as professional advice.All of the physical media I own gets backed up to a NAS which is also a media server running Jellyfin. Recently, I upgraded my version of The Lord of the Rings. Here are some of my notes on ripping that media, and how I used FFmpeg to combine the multi-part films.
Google was a bit later than expected with widely available GenAI. They've rapidly gained momentum, and have several compelling models that lend themselves to interesting use cases. Here's a recent example
This isn't a review, or a post about my thoughts on the game. It's more a players guide. Something that's digital, mobile friendly, and a shortcut to many of the things I consistently look up in the official rulebook.
First things first... This is not advanced RAG. But it does mark an evolution in my ability, and feels advanced to 2024 Tony.
The other day, I came across this post. It's a video of El Risitas guy, and the subtitles (included below) convey all the laughably ridiculous things people writing RAG apps today are doing.
This post is mostly a collection of my notes from here with a little more context throughout.
If you haven't heard, there's going to be a Total Solar Eclipse across North America on April 8th Get Hyped! 🌑
This year, I've had fun finding ways to use OpenAI tooling in everyday life. For most folks, this means interacting with ChatGPT through the app, or in a web browser at https://chat.openai.com. For me, it's been learning how to effectively use the tools programmatically. One of those tools, is Whisper.
This list ended up being way longer than I anticipated. If I wrote about someone here, there's a good chance I've sponsored them in some way. Via Patreon, or buying merch, or books they've authored, etc... I would advocate that you do the same for interesting people that in some way, provide value to you.
Here are initial steps I perform on any fresh Linux install. My preferred distro is Debian, so anything below is within that context.
In the past, I've used a variety of vendor provided hardware to work at the edge of my home network. They're all too eager to give away free gear in hopes of getting in the door of your employer. Anyways, it was high time I rolled my own HW.
My decision was a toss-up between raw linux on a Pi, or OPNsense on a mini PC. I opted for the latter... Mostly due to the popularity around OPNsense / PFsense and some of the simplicity gains there. But also, Pi's were hard to come by. A mini PC with more interfaces sounded great for a firewall, so I ordered a Qotom Q750G5
A couple years ago, I stumbled upon Material for MkDocs. When the project added blog support last September, I became a sponsor and started authoring away. Now some 15 months later I'm finally getting around to configuring a proper build/deploy pipeline and actually getting this thing out the door. I've tried and abandoned personal blogging a number of times... hopefully, this time, it sticks.