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A Gentle, Minimalist intro to Machine Learning

Hello everybody! Recently, I've been spending non-trivial amounts of time on the fascinating subject of artificial intelligence. It's come a long way! With the release of Midjourney and ChatGPT, among other products, 2023 looks to be extremely promising, even revolutionary.

I'd like to recommend the following tutorial: https://realpython.com/python-ai-neural-network/

It is simple, sufficiently detailed, does not use tensor flow, and produces a picture at the end!

2023-01-10 Site Updates

  • I pushed out a new template, called it grayArticle :

  • Added some fancy-ish css examples:
    • a perspective Card
    • a Card that flips
  • Removed falling snow from front page - Happy New Year again, everybody!

20230110 Site Updates

  • I pushed out a new template, called it grayArticle

  • Added some fancy-ish css examples:
    • a perspective Card
    • a Card that flips
  • Removed falling snow from front page - Happy New Year again, everybody!

Currently Testing: my todo list should contain no more than 3 elements.

I have todo lists that are hundreds of lines long. It gets ridiculous, especially considering that I'm likely to perform the task and only cross it out much later, as the execution of the task was independent of whatever was written in the todo list.

I actually have a [personal policy of "no todo lists"], see that article for an extended explanation as to why.

Why 3? See [small numbers of items for mnemonic lists]. 3 items will fit nicely into memory. Any more than that, it gets problematic to remember, much less to perform.

202211 Scrum Recap

I've worked pretty hard to be where I am now.

The pandemic has created unique opportunities for me. Taking advantage of them has demonstrated my operational agility and decision-making skills. Having succeeded in addressing the challenges of the shifting landscape, I have emerged from the world-side turmoil, stronger than ever, ready to tackle channelges many times my own size.

2022-12-06 Site Updates

  • PiousboxCMS received a new email template
  • Deployed several style fixes across several wordpress installs
  • Continuing significant HR processes.
  • Ongoing minor content updates.

Stay Tuned! Until next time!

20221206 Site Updates

  • PiousboxCMS received a new email template
  • Deployed several style fixes across several wordpress installs
  • Continuing significant HR processes.
  • Ongoing minor content updates.

Stay Tuned! Until next time!

An interesting lightweight js library for producing lipsync animation

Check out type76 on github to see what I am talking about.

Key points:

  • It's free
  • Produces ASCII animation that can be recorded as video, or played back interactively

Timing of sync needs to be set manually. This thing doesn't work with other voices.

Mozilla's built-in voice is ugly and barely usable, in fact, not useable.

I recommend... https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/ for voice generation

And you can record audio output with blackhole.

The Syntax of Linux Date Command

Hello developer, you've probably landed on this page because you were looking for how to format date, on linux.

You can get the same info as below by issuing this command in the terminal: man date. It's a little boring to read, but the built-in docs are always there for you. Regardless of that, here is the syntax of the command. Note the plus sign before the text in quotes (I didn't make the rules, the linux conventions are old but consistent).

Cities mockup (Travel Guide)

Continuing with the process of publishing examples of our work, below are some panels done for a travel guide. The panels are for actions List, Show of the resource City.

Nexenta - The Horizon Dashboard

Among other projects, Nexenta required building a front-end component to one of its storage adapters. Nexenta plugs into Swift, a component of OpenStack, to provide object storage to the OpenStack cluster. The Nexenta Horizon Dashboard is the User Interface component that allows admins to install and monitor it.

We implemented the dashboard in agile, iterative manner over the course of one month.

A Project Management Tool for Serro LLC

Serro builds datacenters for enterprise clients in North America. Managing multiple construction projects is challenging, and Serro designed a custom project management tool to accomplish this task. Wasya Co built and deployed the tool over 4 months.

Serro, a leading provider of datacenter construction services for enterprise clients in North America, has partnered with WasyaCo, a software development company, to build and deploy a custom project management tool.

A CI/CD Pipeline for Sturfee Inc.

Sturfee is a computer vision startup in San Francsico. They use map and image statistical analysis tools to derive “learned” properties from images. Sturfee derives “learned” information such as building position, dimensions, window count, and syncs with other metadata such as business entities and events that happen in a particular geographical location. Applications of this technology include travel & tourism, construction, and self-driving cars & urban navigation.

Creek Enterprise - The Invoicing Tool

Wasya Co build the modern version of Creek’s internal invoicing tool. The invoicing tool is used to manage estimates and payments to hundreds of contractors in North America.

WasyaCo is a software development company that has recently gained recognition for their modern version of Creek's internal invoicing tool. This tool is designed to help manage estimates and payments to contractors in North America, streamlining the process for both Creek and the contractors they work with.

Operaevent - The Portal

Operaevent is a leader in chatbots for twitch.tv, and platform tools for streamers. Wasya helped Operaevent design and build its flagship product, the Gather platform. The platform introduces a game ecosystem, minigames, spendable currency, and quests and character progression to the stream.

20221123 Site Updates

  • Improved the template engine of email campaigns. Previously as a trial, there was one possible template variable: name. With this update, any and all template variables can be used. By passing in a dictionary as the context, all key-values are used in templating. Template structure no longer has to be defined at all, and the structure can be different for different email campaigns.
  • The homepage has been translated to Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Added Terms of Service and Privacy Policy in Spanish and Portuguese

2022-11-23 Site Updates

  • Improved the template engine of email campaigns. Previously as a trial, there was one possible template variable: name. With this update, any and all template variables can be used. By passing in a dictionary as the context, all key-values are used in templating. Template structure no longer has to be defined at all, and the structure can be different for different email campaigns.
  • The homepage has been translated to Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Added Terms of Service and Privacy Policy in Spanish and Portuguese

2022-11-22 Site Updates

A small update on paper, but it took a comfortable amount of time to implement, not too long, not too short, and the update is already being used in production. The update is:

  • Implemented email campaigns functionality in PiousboxCRM.

20221122 Site Updates

A small update on paper, but it took a comfortable amount of time to implement, not too long, not too short, and the update is already being used in production. The update is:

  • Implemented email campaigns functionality in PiousboxCRM.