Project Motivation My wife and I are pretty discerning about which movies we allow our two daughters (ages 4 and 5) to watch. Recently, we were in conversation with their teachers at school about assembling a good list of age-appropriate movies. To simplify the process, I decided to build a database of movie ratings that … Read more
As promised in the previous article, we’ll get more closely familiar with the concept of scoping next. We’ll explain what scoping is, why it exists, and how it helps us in programming. It’s part of our long-standing tradition to make this (and other) articles a faithful companion, or a supplement to the official Solidity documentation. … Read more
In this article, we’ll learn more about variable declarations in Solidity and further explain some of their specific behavior. To keep the article more succinct, we’ll focus on the next subject, scoping, in the next article. It’s part of our long-standing tradition to make this (and other) articles a faithful companion or a supplement to … Read more
In this article, I’ll show you how to check the version of the openai library for Python. I needed this in my own project as OpenAI raised an error due to an old package version. These are the seven best ways to check the version of a Python module: Let’s dive into some examples for … Read more
I tried using the amazing speech recognition capabilities introduced with OpenAI’s new Whisper module yesterday. 👉 Recommended: OpenAI’s Speech-to-Text API: A Comprehensive Guide Here’s the sample code I used: But when using the simple code to test transcribing an audio file, Python gave me the AttributeError: module ‘openai’ has no attribute ‘Audio’. So, I wanted … Read more
Welcome to part 3 of this series, and thank you for sticking around! I’ve come to realize this might become a rather long series. The main reason for that is that it documents two things. This is the birth of an application and my personal journey in developing that application. I know parts 1 and … Read more
Here’s an obvious statement: audio and video recordings are an essential part of our daily lives. Recently, I consulted a young startup in the food AI space on how to convert video to text, and I recommended them Google’s speech recognition software. Yet, Google’s models are not great — only best in class at this … Read more
As human beings, we are driven by a number of basic needs and desires that motivate us to take action and pursue our goals. This includes things like survival, enjoyment of life, sexual companionship, comfortable living conditions, and more. I believe learning to code is a powerful way to satisfy many of these profound life … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows command line working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a more “pure” in-terminal method afterward. Method 1: Using Notepad The easiest way to edit a text … Read more
Have you ever found yourself deep in the internet rabbit hole, searching for an answer to a question that just won’t quit? It can be frustrating to sift through all the online information and still come up empty-handed. But what if there was a way to get accurate and reliable answers in a snap? Enter … Read more
Siri sucks. 😞 I am a Siri user, and Siri fails me more than it performs for me. It doesn’t understand the chain of commands. Project Idea: Recreate Siri Using ChatGPT This got me thinking, “What if I can repurpose ChatGPT to work like Siri?”. So before I tell you how the prompt looks like … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_text_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows PowerShell working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a pure PowerShell method afterward. By the way, you can learn all about becoming a PowerShell developer in … Read more