Weekly Activity Summary
Table of Contents
Overview
This document summarizes weekly activities across various platforms.
Pinboard Activity
Recent URLs
- ngrok blog: How we built ngrok's data platform
- NotebookLM Podcast Hosts Discover They're AI, Not Human—Spiral Into Terrifying Existential Meltdown : r/notebooklm
- NotebookLM's automatically generated podcasts are surprisingly effective
- Vanishing Culture: Preserving Cookbooks | Internet Archive Blogs
- Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/GoAndPromisesPattern
- Fun with NotebookLM "podcasts." - The Verge
- Onboarding the AI workforce: How digital agents will redefine work itself | VentureBeat
- 'I break into buildings and pretend to be the bad guy' • The Register
- Minish Lab Releases Model2Vec: An AI Tool for Distilling Small, Super-Fast Models from Any Sentence Transformer - MarkTechPost
- The Last Sun Sparc Workstation | Hackaday
- [2008.06030] On the design of text editors
- https://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi/
- Refactoring Python with 🌳 Tree-sitter & Jedi | Jack's blog
- It's hard to write code for computers, but it's even harder to write code for humans · Erik Bernhardsson
- Fahhem's Blog – Using Bazel to build a new Rust project
- Everything you need to know about Python 3.13 – JIT and GIL went up the hill | drew's dev blog
- 10 most intriguing Boston theater performances for fall 2024
- Linux Fu: Alternative Shells | Hackaday
- ChatGPT Glossary: 47 AI Terms That Everyone Should Know - CNET
- Session Catalog -
Summary
AI and Technology Advancements
- NotebookLM's AI-generated podcasts show promising results
- Model2Vec: AI tool for distilling small, fast models from sentence transformers
- Discussions on the design of text editors
- AI's potential impact on workforce and business processes
Software Development and Tools
- ngrok's data platform construction detailed
- Insights on writing code for humans vs. computers
- Python 3.13 updates: JIT and GIL improvements
- Bazel for building Rust projects
- Refactoring Python with Tree-sitter & Jedi
Culture and Security
- Preserving cookbooks as cultural artifacts
- Social engineering and cybersecurity challenges
- The last Sun Sparc workstation: a look at tech history
GitHub Activity
Repository Updates
- Multiple commits to
jwalsh/builder-workspaceproject- Improvements in project structure and workflow
- Implementation of new features and code refactoring
- Updates to
jwalsh/aif-c01repository- Added practice exercises and exam preparation materials
- Incorporated RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with Bedrock
- Created new repository
jwalsh/files-to-prompt-el- Added Python and TypeScript submodules
Engagement with Other Projects
- Forked
crflynn/stochasticrepository - Starred several repositories:
fzyzcjy/dart_interactiveadam-mcdaniel/dunecle-b/httpdbgemacs-openai/google-geminikyutai-labs/moshiaws-samples/amazon-bedrock-ragopenai/whisper
Goodreads Activity
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TODOs for Next Week
[ ]Review and summarize key learnings from Pinboard articles[ ]Continue work onbuilder-workspaceproject[ ]Explore potential applications of RAG with Bedrock[ ]Investigate starred GitHub repositories for useful tools or techniques[ ]Update Goodreads reading list and progress