Probing AI’s Capacity for Quantitative Reasoning — Note this was conducted on ChatGPT 3.5, not GPT-4. ChatGPT has taken over the world. With impressive feats like passing the bar exam and folding proteins, it seems like magic. …

Finally, a Company That Delivered — Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Grammarly. Last night I was watching TV and saw a commercial for GrammarlyGO, Grammarly’s new AI assistant. It caught my interest for two reasons: I never see Grammarly commercials so they are spending on this one. The commercial explicitly referenced Medium, Outlook, and other…

Quickstart and Concepts of Auto-GPT & AgentGPT — What are AI Agents? Agent AIs (or autonomous AI) involve chaining inputs and outputs between AI systems so that they interact without human intervention Agents are typically role and goal-oriented. They achieve tasks through feedback loops similar to human teams Agents are built atop existing AI models. GPT-4 is the latest-and-greatest, but is only…

Predicting The End of Manmade Software — Feeling down — anxious about this future? That’s ok! You’re not alone and it’s not all doom and gloom. Check out my follow-up article, “Nervous ChatGPT Will Take Your Programming Job?”. Update (4/26/23): This blog post was featured in Business Insider “The end of coding as we know it” Update…

By Haze’s Parents — Adam and Pam — Australian Shepherds are having an overdue moment. Between TV and print, they are popping up everywhere. Easily recognizable due to their unique color patterns, expressive eyes, and typically bobbed tail, the Australian Shepherd deserves its time in the limelight. In the past, the breed was frequently underrepresented in popular media…

A Curated List of My Favorite Audiobooks — I’m 35 and have listened to hundreds of books and podcasts on Audible. My early thirties felt like some sort of existential inflection point of accelerated personal growth. Looking back, a handful of these left a lasting impact and directly shaped my perspective on many topics. …

And How to Wield Their Power — Over the years, I’ve observed recurring patterns and pitfalls fundamental to engineering processes. The funny thing about these is they’re not related to the endlessly debated topics of engineering blogs. For example, I can’t recall a time that a poor understanding of SOLID principles caused my team to miss a…

No SSH Required — On March 1st (although this didn’t affect me until March 10th…), Bitbucket stopped allowing users to push/pull code using the basic auth they use to login to bitbucket.com (see announcement). …

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