Interviewing Again 2023

Interviewing Again 2023 edition What It Seems I Need To Learn Systems at scale, hardware and software. Being limited to experience of teams of 2 to 5 means I have not been exposed to antire universe of technologies designed around hard won best practices. Not that I’d need to make every project a composed cluster of resource consumption, but knowing more what to look for and seeing the hiccups at orders of magnitudes (100 developers, 1000, 10000) would be invaluable....

February 1, 2023 · 3 min · 612 words · Vincent Brandon

Ivec Py Simple Search

A Simple Search With Vector Derivatives The following image is creepy and has almost nothing to to, except maybe in spirit, to the article below. I just like asking stable diffusion for images. I asked for a book transforming into a vector. It didn’t like that. I can tell from the eyes. Part 1: Imagine Identity Data Filling A Void Every instance of a login, every identity check or touchpoint is simply a portion of a persons full identity signal being used to produce a token or key....

January 20, 2023 · 4 min · 662 words · Vincent Brandon

Dalle 1

Visual Diaries: Dall E Me - Winter White WIndow A picture. Words. A prompt, art, and thoughts. Picture Prompt Creation Settings Preset Style NightCafe Text Prompts “A thick old white windowsill overlooking a snowy park, BMW in the drive, tall whispy white drapes tucked to either side, and a board section fallen in front” Weight:1 Save “detailed matte painting, deep color, fantastical, intricate detail, splash screen, complementary colors, fantasy concept art, 8k resolution trending on Artstation Unreal Engine 5”...

January 11, 2023 · 1 min · 160 words · Vincent Brandon

Go Refresher 1

Refreshers in Go It’s been a while since my last Go backend. Every time I come back to the language, I feel like I learn a lot more about it. I’m so much more comfortable with Python, it’s always a bit of a trick switching over. I want to start bridging the gap, though. Using Go where it’s performance really shines - in this case rapidly embedding millions of rows of identification data!...

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 462 words · Vincent Brandon

Gpt Translation Mkd

Translation Attempt 1 - ChatGPT We want it to work. I want it to work. Just ask ChatGPT? Test: Copy markdown in english and ask it to translate. Input: translate the regular text from this markdown from english into spanish: ## Another theme? I had been eying this one for a while. The author (Aditya Telange)[https://github.com/adityatelange/] has done an incredible job. I also believe in doing the work to leverage the contributions of others....

January 3, 2023 · 3 min · 589 words · Vincent Brandon