I am dedicated to tracking every research project, every reading list, agendas and every set of tasks and life goals in plain text that can be searched, indexed and archived flexibly. For me, the way to do that is to leverage Org Mode. Integration with generative AI such as ChatGPT has been missing from that work flow so far. Read more

I have been obsessed with generative AI. I'd love to talk about the big topics - AGI, ASI, human survival, immortality - but my way is down in rabbit holes. So let's write some code (or just very slightly modify some existing code), and maybe we'll tackle elephants in various rooms another time. To jump to the how-to, check out the video Use ChatGPT API to create Knowledge Base articles in Org Mode! - YouTube ≫ www.youtube.com Read more

When it comes time to set up a multi-node cluster on bare metal servers, it doesn't get easier than Rancher's RKE. Here's a quick guide for standing up your first development cluster. Read more

I recently stood up an Apache Kubernetes cluster in my home lab and am very happy with the results. Here's what I did. Read more

Cloud providers will get angry with you if you deal with network access by popping huge holes in the firewall. If you don't get the angry emails, your account administrator is getting them. At any rate, the practice of simply popping holes in the firewall for web app access is not secure. This guide shows how to make use of a SOCKS proxy for all your web-based access to Cloud VMs. Read more