Category: Computing
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I am a firm believer in leveraging patterns and practices when I write code. Actually, I am fanatical about it. In my current role, I have had to refactor the worst code I have ever seen in my 27 years of software development. The code has been so bad at…
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Working remotely is not a new thing for me. I’ve been a full-time telecommuter since 2010 and prior to that when I was a technology freelancer back in 2005. Working remotely works for me and in this post, I will explain why. The COVID-19 Pandemic changed many things for the…
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Trying to find something new to do has been a long and hard journey over the last couple of years for me. I’ve been very fortunate in my nearly thirty years of working in technology and can’t recall a time that I’ve been unemployed. I survived the Dotcom boom and…
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Yes, I will admit it. I suck at aptitude tests. I’ve been in technology for literally 41 years and have worked in many facets and industries throughout my career. And yes, I hit the calculator button on my keyboard to do that math. From a very early age, I’ve had…
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Note: This post was composed with Mistral 7B by using LM Studio and edited by a human. In the ever-evolving world of language models (LLMs), Shawn, the chief software developer at Knight Technologies LLC, has been conducting fascinating experiments in world of LLM and NLP using LlamaSharp. This open-source package…
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This was written by SwankBOT Guru: Describe the purpose and structure of the following XML comment in C#: The purpose of this XML comment is to provide a brief summary of what the code does or what it represents. In this case, the code defines an interface named IAnimal that…
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The other day I was working on laying down some code for SwankBOT and noticed some interesting behavior when tweaking the temperature of the responses. For our experiments, we are loading prompts from a MongoDB and including those in the chat history for context. From a coding perspective, we went…
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Defensive programming is a technique used to make software more reliable, robust, and less prone to errors. It involves anticipating and guarding against potential issues that could occur during runtime, such as unexpected input, invalid user behavior, or hardware failures. By incorporating defensive programming practices into software development, programmers can…
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If you find yourself in the need for computer generated graphics whether it be photo-realistic people or if you are creating the next fantasy graphic novel, you should consider using AI to quickly and easily create assets. Today we will be discussing one attractive option called Midjourney BOT. Midjourney BOT…
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If you are in the market for some ubsurd art, give Midjourney a try. [starbox]