privateGPT offers the ability to ask document-related questions without an internet connection. This system is built using LangChain, GPT4All, LlamaCpp, Chroma, and SentenceTransformers. To use privateGPT, users must install all required packages, download the LLM model, and reference it appropriately. The software supports various file extensions and allows users to ingest their own datasets. Additionally, […]
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Cloud GPUs have become crucial hardware accelerators for training and running neural networks. The popular graphics processing unit (GPU) is the most widely used for these purposes, but serverless GPUs are increasingly gaining popularity. Cloud GPU vendor pricing has been assembled in tables that are filterable to the user’s liking and includes GPU cloud servers […]
The author describes their journey towards creating a versatile image generator that can be used to create custom civilization sprites for Age of Empires II lobbies. They used various techniques, including machine learning and Control Net with Zoe Depth Estimation, to refine the outputs and get consistent results while still being imaginative. The author also […]
The author, Barry, shares the story of his most intense year as a professional developer, where he was hired as the sole developer for a 14-year-old high-end marketplace that was going through a chaotic ownership transition while simultaneously being targeted by fraudsters. He shares the technical challenges they faced, including phishing attacks, fraud, and bugs […]
The author provides a guide to network programming using Internet sockets for those who know some C or C++. The sockets API has been ported to many platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows. The API may be overwhelming, but the guide should help readers jump into network programming with ease. The guide includes errata, HTML, […]
After retiring from a 26-year career as a programmer for Apple, the author was initially relieved to be done with programming. However, after a few months, they found themselves starting a small project to learn Python and play with e-ink displays. Since programming had initially been a hobby for them, it’s not surprising that they […]