Jekyll SEO AI Action
Using OpenAI's for SEO optimization
I wanted an excuse to try something with OpenAI’s GPT-3 models, and while writing on this blog I realized that most of the pages could have a description autogenerated for them. This seemed like a good fit for a GitHub Action too, so here I explain how I set up my new project Jekyll SEO AI Action.
Obsidian and second brains
Taking notes of everything, but quickly
I have stopped reviewing tools as part of my blog for a long time, but I did want to point out the benefits of the second-brain approach of some applications. I have personally found my sweet spot with Obsidian, so I’d like to talk about that.
Technical Leaders and Career Paths
You shouldn't have to stop coding
I came across this question, which is a fairly common concern I have come across with people around me. Here’s the gist of it:
After I became a Tech Lead my work has become more like managing than anything else, I don’t do more code and just a little technical stuff
I’d like to offer an alternative approach.
Blender on Lambda
Rendering Blender Scenes in AWS Lambda
I recently published TAS-PC, a producer-queue-consumer lambda terraform module. This was an intermediate step for creating a distributed rendering engine.
In this post I’d like to discuss some of the technical aspects of that work.
TAS PC
Terraform-AWS Serverless Producer-Consumer Module
I needed to setup some infrastructure in AWS but did not want to make modifications each time I needed them. What a better opportunity than this one to learn Terraform.
So I created a little module that sets up a small producer-consumer serverless (lambda-based) architecture, powered by a SQS queue.
Using Dependabot with Yarn 2
Not currently supported out of the box
A few weeks ago I migrated worklogger to TypeScript and yarn 2.
But this broke some things along the way.
AI "sidesteps" scientific method
Not really but still a breakthrough
There’s an article published in TheNewStack.io that is titled Machine Learning Algorithm Sidesteps the scientific method. While I do consider this to be clickbait, I still consider some truth behind it worth discussing.
Real privacy does not exist
Why the illusion of privacy is only an illusion
There was a particular gag I came across in a Youtube video. One where, from the point of view of a long-term future, an advance human race made fun of us for having expectations of privacy in our lives.
I brushed it away as a single joke at first, but it stuck with me. I think they might be right.
Type safety vs. unit tests
A debate of several years...
Can unit tests that assert type safety be enough to compete against strong-typed languages?
The Four-Hour Work-Week
I just finished reading Tim Ferriss’ 4-hour workweek book. To be honest, it’s not what I expected.