Be Careful With Your HTML element IDs, especially in HTMX
I once came across a Reddit thread where people were sharing embarrassing facts about themselves. My favorite was a guy who misheard the saying “Knowledge is power” - Francis Bacon as “Knowledge is power, France is bacon”. For years, he thought that this was the way the saying went.
Knowledge is power It’s time for my “France is bacon” moment - I don’t know how HTML element IDs work. Do you?…
Read more ⟶Adding rich text editor to your HTMX project
How much extra javascript do you need to wire a reasonably ambitious and feature full rich text editor in your HTMX based app? Let’s find out.
Some context: The very first build of tinychat shipped with a plain text editor. tinychat uses HTMX to get the SPA feel going. Last week I added integration with CK Editor 5. Here is what it looks like:
Let me preface this by saying, I am not married to CK Editor as the choice for rich text editor and am happy to explore other alternatives.…
Read more ⟶Run Pytorch in Docker With Cuda Without Pulling Your Hair Out
This week I’ve been working on containerizing some Pytorch based software. Below are some notes on how to make this process more pleasant and relaxing by avoiding a few pitfalls.
I used Paperspace Machines, specifically their ML-in-a-Box which is an Ubuntu 20.04 based image that ships with Docker, CUDA and NVidia Docker already installed. Let me point you to this hopefully evergreen SO thread in case your system is missing one or several of these components.…
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Notes for Jeremy Howard's video A Hackers' Guide to Language Models
Read more ⟶Computer Lib Dream Machines
Ted Nelson documented his efforts to create a computer network with a simple user interface via Project Xanadu in 1974-1975.
book The Pledge The purpose of computers is human freedom. I am going to help make people free through computers. I will not help the computer priesthood confuse and bully the public. I will endeavor to explain patiently what computer systems really do. I will not give misleading answers to get people off my back, like “Because that’s the way computers work” instead of “Because that’s the way I designed it.…
Read more ⟶How Smol AI Developer Works
Smol AI/developer is an open source code generation tool by mighty swyx that got a lot of people excited. You can see some demos of its usage here and here. In this post we’ll take a look under the hood to see how it works.
After reading this you should be able to recreate something similar potentially better tailored to your needs and your stack. I assume you have some basic experience with LLMs and Python programming language.…
Read more ⟶Hello World
Hello, world First post to test new setup…
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