Thoughts on DevOps, Rust, Unix, data engineering and high performance computing
Processing data with Rust In data processing, Rust has emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional ETL languages like Python or Java. Its unique combination of performance, safety, and modern features makes it an attractive choice for handling large-scale data streams and complex computational tasks. Libraries like Polars make Rust a good option for building data processing pipelines. With…
There are several compelling reasons to run a .NET 8 web application in Docker: Portability and Consistency: Docker creates standardized environments, ensuring your application runs the same way regardless of the underlying operating system. This simplifies deployment across different platforms, cloud providers, and development machines. It is easy to target both mainstream CPU architectures of…
What is Bun? Bun is a toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript applications, packaged as a single executable named "bun." It acts as a runtime, manages packages, bundles code, and runs tests, ensuring a smooth and effective development workflow. Developed in Zig and powered by JavaScriptCore , it drastically cuts down startup times and memory consumption. Three things stand out to me: All-in-One…
How fast DuckDB can query Parquet files? I found mysqlf in the situation that I had to check few million lines of web logs in Parquet files and I have seen the raise of DuckDB in few articles already. DuckDB is a high-performance, embedded analytical SQL database. It is designed to support efficient and fast querying of large datasets, including those stored in various file formats like Parquet.…
Kids playing with firecrackers, Japanese, illustration, pencil drawing, 1800, realistic, 8k, greyscale --chaos 88 --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Space duck illustration by Robert McCall and sergio toppi, grey and orange colours, top view, zoomed out --chaos 99 --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --v 5
technical drawing, blueprint, japanese science-fiction advanced spaceship, bright, light, white and grey, industrial scifi, military design, greyscale --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --v 5
Folies Bergere La Revue de l’Amour, photorealistic, high resolution, 8k --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --v 5
The large language models wars With the increasing interest in artificial intelligence and its use in everyday life, numerous exemplary models such as Meta's LLaMA, OpenAI's GPT-3, and Microsoft's Kosmos-1 are joining the group of large language models (LLMs). The only problem with such models is the you can't run these locally. Up until now. Thanks to Georgi Gerganov and his llama.cpp project it…
Martian space llama by Robert McCall and sergio toppi, grey and orange colours, top view, zoomed out --chaos 88 --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Martian space llama by Robert McCall and sergio toppi, grey and orange colours --chaos 88 --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
cat, illustration, realistic face, japanese, pencil, technical drawing, drawing, 1800, greyscale --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Logo without text, simple, vector, isometric, orange and grey, zen by Paul Rand --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
cyber cat --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
firecracker science-fiction alien planet --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Engineering illustration, sketch, technical drawing of a hummingbird --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Sketch drawing, geomitry of parallel universe --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
very simple abstract grey triangle with a hexagon inside, logo, grey and orange, --chaos 99 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Sketch drawing, geomitry of parallel universe, mild orange, science fiction equipment --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Female Astronaut --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Sketch drawing, geomitry of parallel universe --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Sketch drawing, geomitry of parallel universe, mild orange --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
I got this prompt from somebody on Midjourney: Bird view of a beautiful night at Meteora, misty and fog, finely detailed, extremely ornate, octane render, Unreal Engine, Cinematic, Color Grading, Photoshoot, Gamma, White Balance, Neon, Light, Dark, Light Mode, Dark Mode, High Contrast, 5D, Multiverse, 32k, Super - Resolution, Megapixel, ProPhoto RGB, VR, Lonely, Good, Massive, Big, Spotlight,…
Star wars vehicles technical drawing, bright, light, white and grey, industrial scifi, greyscale --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Folies Bergere La Revue de l’Amour, photorealistic, Klimt, high resolution, 8k --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Space ninja exitting a stargate on an alien planet --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
space station with nuclear power plant, many smaller spaceships docking, high-tech, galaxies in distance, scenery, hi-resolution, 8k, photography, detailed, grey and orange colours --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
an aquatic alien planet, futuristic underwater city, under a lake, humanoid guppy explorers swim towards the city, sunset, by Syd Mead and James Jean and Jeremy Mann, Superimposed with a stained glass landscape by Tiffany and Erin Hanson and Joseph Zbukvic --ar 1:2 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
an aquatic alien planet, futuristic underwater city, under a lake, humanoid guppy explorers swim towards the city, sunset, by Syd Mead and James Jean and Jeremy Mann, Superimposed with a stained glass landscape by Tiffany and Erin Hanson and Joseph Zbukvic --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
discover an Advanced Civilization, Kardashev Type 3 Civilization, super-sophisticated buildings that blend with the surrounding forest, you can see the people in the park, spaceships passing by, you can also see the sky ::1 planets, stars, to the outer space post --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
woman with a dragon tatoo on her chest, photorealistic, high resolution, 35mm, f1.8, 8k, Helmut Newton --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
discover an Advanced Civilization, Kardashev Type 3 Civilization, super-sophisticated buildings that blend with the surrounding forest, you can see the people in the park, spaceships passing by, you can also see the sky ::1 planets, stars, to the outer space post --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
woman with a dragon tatoo on her chest, photorealistic, high resolution, 35mm, f1.8, 8k, Helmut Newton --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
discover an Advanced Civilization, Kardashev Type 3 Civilization, super-sophisticated buildings that blend with the surrounding forest, you can see the people in the park, spaceships passing by, you can also see the sky ::1 planets, stars, to the outer space post --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
fantasy, front side view ,torso shot, dreamcatcher, moon ,glowing stardust, hot shapely young cute sandgirl yo 20, beautiful long hair,random dynamic Pose,wearing white lace cropped tanktop and skirt ornaments, powerful, strong,league of legends,gorgeous face, photorealistic, hyperrealistic, dramatic, extreme composition, realistic, cinematic lighting, photography lighting, lightroom gallery,…
Hypnotic visual aberration, a sci-fi epic full body portrait of a future alien woman sitting in a yoga pose with supple curves and a soft glow, sitting on a becnh, city in the background --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
space station with nuclear power plant, many smaller space ships docking, high-tech, planet in distance, scenery, hi-resolution, 8k, photography, detailed, grey and orange colours --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Alien desert planet scenery with a city in the background, robotic orange space serpent, as high-tech alien equipment on the groud, wide, science fiction, futuristic space suit with technical details, photography, high resolution, high-fidelity, detailed, light background, zen, hexagon, stargate, flames --chaos 55 --ar 16:9 --seed 42 --stylize 44 --v 4
military ships approaching docking bay of a space station --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
wide angle. futuristic high-tech pyramid space station at large distance shot ::4 floating in space ::2 , smaller high-tech alien warships ::1 are approaching for docking, space, orange and grey, science-fiction, photography, detailed, high-resolution --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
space station with nuclear power plant, many smaller space ships docking, high-tech, planets in distance, scenery, hi-resolution, 8k, photography, detailed, grey and orange colours --ar 16:9 --quality 2 --uplight --v 4
Matsuri festival in a fantasy mushroom forest with smiling felines, field of view, realistic, high resolution, photorealistic --ar 16:9 --v 4
Smiling Little Red Riding Hood in a mushroom forest, bright colors, day light, point of view, tropical, realistic , 8k, fantasy --ar 16:9 --v 4
moderne retro futuristic female android model, with abstract molten orange wig, marionette lines, robot face panels, stunning beautiful white plastic skin, robotic lense eyes, beautiful holographic led mouth, retro vivid background of circles and retro patterns --ar 16:9 --v 4
Father and son walking on a flowery field in Zelda, photorealistic, 8k, field of view, high resolution --ar 16:9 --v 4
A Python Problem AWS Lambda has a Python offering that is limited to version 3.9. It is challenging to use that version due to many things, but primarily because package maintainers do not necessarily cater to users who use older versions. And there is more. When you work with Python, what you must realize is that you usually have C, C++, Rust, or libc dependencies not to mention CPU…
civilization that built the pyramids had knowledge of astronomy and celestial mechanics, city of Atlantis on Earth 60000 years ago, civilization at peak, people wearing Horus mask walk around in white tunic, in the background a pyramid is oearating as a power plant receiving focused sun light from space, wide angle, very detailed, wide, ultra realistic science fiction 8k, cinematic, photography,…
Abstract In this blog post, we explore the reasons why Rust is an excellent choice for Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) jobs. I have been writing ETL jobs for small and big companies in Java, Scala, and Python for over a decade. Python is an obvious winner of this segment and its popularity shows up in StackOverflow surveys. Because of its popularity there is unlimited content on the internet on how…
Abstract In the world of software development, build systems are essential tools for compiling and linking source code into executables. While there are many build systems available (make, cmake), one of the most popular and powerful is the Ninja build system. Developed by Evan Martin while working on the Chromium project at Google, Ninja is a fast, scalable, and cross-platform build system that…