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I came across my 10 year old repo for project Euler solutions. (N.B! Euler spoilers onwards). Naturally it’s full of python files. One file stood out. It was just called problem15.txt. I pulled up the problem. I imagined getting this at work. I think I would reach for python. Maybe start with a naive brute force. Throw a bunch of loops together. If that didn’t solve it, reach for…
short rant on information density I am encountering more and more AI generated content, privately and professionally. Truth to be told I am quite fine with reading AI texts (as long as the producer has proof read and agrees with it (this is becoming rarer though)). But I feel like the latest models are really amping up monetizing their output tokens, by just producing a <beep>load of text. I hate…
I stumbled upon a website that had something uncanny about it. This was the Hero: Their Hero. After some more scrolling: Their 'How it Works' Section. . Wait. This is getting really similar to Kavla (my sideproject) “How it Works” section. Kavla's section (now replaced) I’m not the one to jump to conclusions though. This could just be a huge coincidence! Then I checked their css:…
A Sankey diagram of my job search I got a job! I will be working at Mentimeter doing Data Engineering stuff! There aren’t that many blog posts about looking for a job in Stockholm. I thought it would be fun to contribute by writing an After Action Report. Background I quit my job in June of 2022 to go traveling with my partner. We visited some cool places in Asia (Hiking in the Himalayas was…
I am unemployed! It’s great! I have been (deliberately) out of work since June 2022. It’s been a magical time! I tried a lot of new recipes I spent time on my side-project bostadsbussen I visited Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Nepal (Hiking Himalayas), Turkey, Italy, France I slept a lot I spent time with family But I also used a lot of my savings. So I’m looking for a job.
A heat map of apartment prices in central Stockholm Disclaimer: I will be linking to sites in Swedish. A translation extension might be handy! I, like a lot of people in Stockholm, need to buy an apartment. The rental situation is bad. Getting a “first-hand contract” is hard. I have friends who have even had to settle for temporary “third-hand” contracts! With finding a…
The image was generated by putting the blog post title into DALL-E 2. Quite fitting! I have a side project called bostadsbussen. It scrapes property listings for the Swedish real estate market. The site needs to persist data in the form of user accounts, property data and images. At the time of writing this post I am currently on a sabbatical. With my income at 0, I want to keep the cost of…
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