POINTs of interest
At the end of last year, I came to the conclusion that I had no choice but to stand up a lab at POINT that specifically was designed for me to learn about machine learning and large language models. As mentioned in my last post , I think that understanding the implicit uses and dangers of this relatively new breed of technology will be extraordinarily important going forward. So first, hardware. I…
There has been so much conversation about artificial intelligence over the last 5 years that I hesitate to write anything at all. I wanted to make my experience clear, the research I had done available, and elicit discussion. But it seems like that all anyone ever talks about on the couple of social media outlets I hang out within . And there is a lot of heavy breathing. There is a good reason for…
Originally, we had web forms. Well, I suppose we still have web forms. The basis of HTTP is request-response, and nothing's really changed there. We've changed how we make requests, but the basic format and idea of the request hasn't altered very much at all. There's still URL parameters and post parameters; it's pretty normal. Responses are a little different though because sometimes they come…
While I am not the High Priest of Unit Testing, one thing that I have seen several times is tests written for compliance uh I mean coverage sake that are effectively unfailable. Things like "assert that system.string does stringy things" and the sort. The sort of tests that are only handled the favorable condition. These are harmless really, in the unit testing space. They make the checkin longer,…
As an independent developer, I live and eat and have a roof because of billable hours. For many, many hears, my strategy had been to stay calm and bill hours, even in the face of weird situations, and the advice I gave to customers more or less led to that. Don't worry, let's build it. Don't worry, let's test it. Don't worry, let's break it and make it something else. Stay frosty. But now I am…