Change the model or change the prompt?
I have been spending time lately on the different ways to make an LLM system better, so I’m documenting my understanding of the main techniques and where each one fits.
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The Case for Systems Engineering in the Agentic Era
I remember attending Docker meetups in Austin while I was in graduate school. There was a real sense of excitement in the room. Containers were still new, people were experimenting, and it felt like we were watching the way software was built change in real time.
LoRA adapters: one base model, many skills
A visual explanation of what LoRA is, what it saves during training, and how one base model serves multiple adapters.
Why VXLAN (rfc7348)?
From the rfc7348 VXLAN is a Layer 2 overlay scheme on a Layer 3 network.
Linux device drivers
Environment setup
Is the network device in promiscuous mode?
Wikipedia defines promiscuous mode as a mode for a wired network interface controller (NIC) or wireless network interface controller (WNIC) that causes the controller to pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit (CPU)rather than passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive.
Linux Bridge - how it works
Linux bridge is a layer 2 virtual device that on its own cannot receive or transmit anything unless you bind one or more real devices to it. source.
Linux Bridge
Link to blog post for Linux Bridges
IPTables - You Shall Not Pass
I have been lately working with networks and had to use iptables at several instances. During the process I dug into iptables a little bit and so documenting my learnings here.
XINETD - Extended Internet Daemon
I was recently looking into ways to provide ssh access inside linux network namespaces and came across xinetd. So I decided to dig more into it. Noting it down here so that I can refer it back.