💡 TLDR: Do you want to stay on the right side of change? Become an investor. Be reactive, i.e., if somebody needs something from you, give it to them. Embrace the little things that ChatGPT cannot do just yet. Be grateful you’re still needed. Most of us fear the same thing: AI taking on more … Read more
The following script creates an animated snowfall effect in a terminal window. It continuously updates and displays snowflakes falling from the top of the terminal to the bottom. The snowflakes are represented by Unicode characters (feel free to change!) and their movement is simulated by updating their positions in a grid that represents the terminal … Read more
Getting Started with Kivy and Python Embarking on your app development journey with Python can be an exciting venture, especially with the Kivy framework. Kivy is a free and open-source Python library that simplifies the process of building cross-platform applications. With this guide, you’ll set up your development environment and create your first basic application. … Read more
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I created a small tool that lets you choose the correct Python data structure based on your needs: Does it need to be mutable? YesNo Should items be unique? YesNo Should items be ordered? YesNo Suggest Data Structure Here’s a no-code, straightforward explanation of advanced Python data structures: Understanding Python’s Built-In Data Structures Before diving … Read more
A new Apple research paper is taking the world by storm: LLM in a flash. ⚡ The ideas is simple: Making large language models (LLMs) work better on computers that don’t have a lot of memory. 👉 If you’re a human reader, chances are you’re reading this on such a computer or smartphone. If you’re … Read more
You may encounter the “SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character” error while working on your projects. This error is related to the misuse of the line continuation character, which allows you to extend a line of code to the following line. In Python, the line continuation character is the backslash \. It enables you … Read more
Large Language Models (LLMs) can sometimes feel like alien technology. In other words, we don’t fully understand how they work or what they’re truly capable of. It’s akin to stone-age people trying to use advanced alien technology, occasionally causing it to spark, leaving us in awe of its magical capabilities. Through billions of trials and … Read more
What Is Mixtral 8x7B? Mixtral 8x7B is a cutting-edge language model developed by Mistral AI. It outperforms the Llama 2 70B model on various benchmarks, while being six times faster. Notably, it can speak multiple languages and is a skilled coder. Plus it can manage a sequence length (context window) of 32,000 tokens. How Fast … Read more
📝 TLDR Freelancers that use Upwork have an advantage if they apply to job soon after they are posted. Upwork offers an RSS feed that can be parsed for job information sent in the jobs broadcast. Feedparser is a python module that can be used to extract some of the key data from the XML … Read more
Why Create a QA Database? A good question often opens up new perspectives and new ways of thinking. But that’s not why I had to create a Question-Answering database. Question-Answering (QA) databases play an important role in researching and developing large language models (LLMs). These databases have two primary applications: Traditionally, QA databases can be … Read more
💡 What if you built an organization based on merit, not CVs, human biases, or legacy credentials? You would grow faster at a lower cost! I have written extensively about the benefits of remote work and freelancing in modern organizations. But recently, one of my subscribers asked me to elaborate how to hire freelancers effectively … Read more