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  • Mar 15 2026

    Old man tries things, Nano Banana edition

    In which I use models to go back to the past

  • Mar 14 2026

    Writing an agentic conversational game - II

    In which I use agents to write an agent-based game

  • Mar 12 2026

    Writing an agentic conversational game - I

    In which I use agents to write an agent-based game

  • Feb 17 2026

    Reinforcement Learning II - Basic algorithms

    In which I take baby steps towards RL

  • Feb 7 2026

    Running a multimodal embedding model for image classification

    In which I vibe-code something at work

  • Jan 25 2026

    Reinforcement Learning I - Connect 4

    In which I vibe code a Connect 4 game

  • Jan 23 2026

    Local LLMs V - Installing and running vLLM

    In which I go the easy way

  • Jan 13 2026

    Adding Codex and Claude Code notifications to Alacritty

    In which I try to know what the agents are up to

  • Jan 10 2026

    Vibe coding for senior software engineers

    In which I have to, once more, learn how to code

  • Dec 5 2025

    Clair Obscure: Expedition 33

    In which I get hooked on a game

  • Nov 24 2025

    Local LLMs IV - Installing and running TensorRT-LLM

    In which I try to go the NVIDIA way

  • Oct 22 2025

    Reinstalling Ubuntu

    In which I go down from Ubuntu 25.04 to Ubuntu 24.04

  • Oct 17 2025

    Local LLMs III - Installing and running llama.cpp

    In which I try to ride a llama

  • Oct 12 2025

    Redesigning the blog

    In which I use Codex to fake my way into web design

  • Oct 3 2025

    Local LLMs II - Requirements to run a local LLM

    In which I try to figure out what I need to run an LLM on my computer

  • Sep 19 2025

    Local LLMs I - Setting up a home computer

    In which I try to make my NVIDIA drivers work

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