How to Setup a New Computer (Again)
As a software engineer, you will have to set up your computer many times. This article will show you how to make this easier.
Writing on software development, design, and startups.
All of my long-form thoughts on software development, design, startups, and more, collected in chronological order.
Using AI is a Skill
Tech interviews typically test DSA and systems design. It's time to include using AI.
Call for a LLM Framework
When Ruby on Rails was released, it was a huge step forward for the web development community. It preferred convention over configuration and made it easy to get started and to iterate on a large project. We need that for the LLM and AI engineering ecosystem.
I Spent $2 on gpt-pilot So You Don't Have To
gpt-pilot, like so many other AI code generation tools, starts off strong but fails soon after.
LangChain: Awesome Until It's Not
LangChain is a great framework for working with LLM's, until you need to do something that it doesn't support.
What is LangChain - Part 3: Model I/O, Output parsers
Part 3 covers how LangChain enables parsing responses into data types.
What is LangChain - Part 2: Model I/O, Language models
Part 2 covers how LangChain makes working with models and switching between them easy.
What is LangChain - Part 1: Model I/O, Prompts
Part 1 covers how LangChain makes working with templates and prompts easy.
aider - Top Tier AI Coding Assistant and Best AI Pair Programming Tool
paul-gauthier's aider is one of the best AI coding assistants, up there with GitHub Copilot. However, for AI pair programming, it's the best.
ChatGPT Custom Instructions Personas
ChatGPT's Custom Instructions feature allows you to consistently customize your responses without using any context tokens. This article covers how I use this feature via my own unique personas.
Meta Prompt Engineering
Meta prompts enable the user to create great prompts. Let's break one down.
Course Review: roadmap.sh's Prompt Engineering Roadmap
roadmap.sh has learning paths for everything related to software development. I went through their Prompt Engineering Roadmap and wanted to share my thoughts.