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May 2024

11-05-2024
What Does an A Really Mean?

What Does an A Really Mean?

Source: chronicle.com

We asked professors, students, and high-school counselors.

Notes:

A very important question to think about. It's a little more abstract and high level than defining learning objectives. I found it an excellent exercise.

Tags: teaching grading higher-education how-to learn
11-05-2024
Privacy-friendly Website Analytics | GDPR-compliant, Real-time, Google Analytics alternative | Clicky

Privacy-friendly Website Analytics | GDPR-compliant, Real-time, Google Analytics alternative | Clicky

Source: clicky.com

Clicky's privacy-friendly, real-time website analytics service is simply the best way to monitor, analyze, and react to your website's traffic in real time.

Notes:

Very nice. and cheap alternative to google analytics. I mean, not exactly an alternative. I don't know all the features that GA has. But this tool is really lightweight, nice to look at, and it does a lot for free

Tags: web statistics visitors cool-tools
11-05-2024
How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math

How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math

Source: blog.miguelgrinberg.com

I'm sure you agree that it has become impossible to ignore Generative AI (GenAI), as we are constantly bombarded with mainstream news about Large Language Models (LLMs). Very likely you have tried…

Notes:

Excellent overview with code. Can't say for sure that it is a true/accurate explanation or just a clever oversimplified analogy.

Tags: llm python how-it-works
09-05-2024
Deploy on Your Own Servers

Deploy on Your Own Servers

Source: hivegrid.dev

Fastest way to deploy a Rails app!

Notes:

Once Heroku got rid of their free tier, we all wanted alternatives. Doku is one of them. It lets you create your very own Heroku service on top of a cheap Digitial Ocean partition.

Tags: rails deploy heroku scale build docker how-to
07-05-2024
5 Practical SQL CTE Examples

5 Practical SQL CTE Examples

Source: learnsql.com

In this article, we’ll go through several examples to see how SQL CTEs can help you with complex calculations and hierarchical data structures.

Notes:

Just heard about CTE (Common Table Expressions). They are a feature of SQL. Not sure whether all SQLs or just Postgres. A way to refactor a complicated SQL statement into substagements.

Tags: sql cool-tools tool cte example
04-05-2024
Code. Simply. Clearly. Calmly.

Code. Simply. Clearly. Calmly.

Source: calmcode.io

Short and simple video lessons that start from scratch. Tools and thoughts that might make your professional life more enjoyable.

Notes:

Amazing that this comprehensive tutorial site is totally free. Useful.

Tags: programming python clean-code tips vscode tutorial
04-05-2024
Product - Robotics Observability - Foxglove

Product - Robotics Observability - Foxglove

Source: foxglove.dev

Product - Robotics Observability - Foxglove URL: https://foxglove.dev/product Type: link Domain: foxglove.dev Notes: Another web based ROS control panel. These are useful to watch and control your Robot from another computer including a tablet.

Notes:

Another web based ROS control panel. These are useful to watch and control your Robot from another computer including a tablet.

Tags: how-to ros web control-panel visualize
02-05-2024
How I stopped worrying and loved Makefiles

How I stopped worrying and loved Makefiles

Source: gagor.pro

First contact with make When I was invited for my first job interview in the IT, I’ve been asked such question:
How would you typically build a program from sources, what commands will you use?
I answered:
It’s obvious:
./configure make make install Those times belong to the past now and nowadays not many programmers use GNU Make1. Try asking this question and you will see disgust at best.
For many it’s the fist contact with make and often the last one, but not for me 😉

Notes:

Great reminders on how and why to use the ancient and ubiquitous “make” tool.

Tags: how-to make linux tool

April 2024

28-04-2024
Best Practices for Working with Large Language Models

Best Practices for Working with Large Language Models

Source: thenewstack.io

Generative AI has revolutionized programming. Based on his own experience, Jon Udell codifies how to partner effectively with LLM assistants.

Notes:

We’re all doing it now, right? Using LLMs for all kinds of things? Well here are some useful rules of thumb. By the way, as far as employing a team of assistants, take a look at Poe.com. It’s a single front end to all (almost all) the LLMs out there. And in fact it bakes in the question of what would the other LLMs say to the same prompt.

A brave new world!

Tags: llm rules-of-thumb rubber-ducking verify learn
26-04-2024
Grading for Growth

Grading for Growth

Source: gradingforgrowth.com

Research and ideas about reforming grading practices in higher education and beyond. Click to read Grading for Growth, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Notes:

This article lays out many of the things that worry and bother me about the way we teach, assess and grade.

Tags: teaching grading ungrading math higher-education