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How I use LLMs

Just yesterday, GitHub announced integrating Claude 3.5 Sonnet with Copilot. Interesting times ahead. In my experience, Claude has been remarkably better than the GPT-4 family of models for programming tasks. I’ve tried a bunch of tools like Cursor, Continue.dev but finally sett…

State of the Map Conference in Kenya

Last month, I traveled to Kenya to attend a conference called State of the Map 2024 (“SotM” for short), which is an annual meetup of OpenStreetMap contributors from all over the world. It was held at the University of Nairobi Towers in Nairobi, from the 6th to the 8th of Septemb…

The End of Suffering

I think the purpose of meditation matters a lot. If we are after enlightenment, then its pursuit becomes a craving in itself and that ends up being a hindrance. However, if our intention is to end suffering, then we have a far more practical goal and infact letting go of craving…

Self Hosting Outline Wiki

I recently discovered Outline a collaborative knowledge base. I wanted to self-host it on my server, but the mandatory auth provider requirement was off-putting. My server is on a private encrypted network (Tailscale) that only my approved devices in the tailnet can access, so I…

Clojuring the web application stack: Meditation One

In a land bereft of a canonical "killer app" web framework or two, one must think about the what, why, how, where of all the moving parts. Out here, one must become a student of web framework architecture in addition to web application architecture. For here, in Clojure-land, th…

My Austrian Visa Refusal Story

Vienna - the capital of Austria - is one of the most visited cities in the world, popular for its rich history, gardens, and cafes, along with well-known artists like Beethoven, Mozart, Gödel, and Freud. It has also been consistently ranked as the most livable city in the world.…