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A model that only ever read text now looks at a photo of your fridge and suggests a recipe. Nothing about "predicting the next token" obviously explains how it can see. The bridge is simpler and more ...
Today I learned several important JavaScript concepts related to asynchronous programming and iteration. Instead of only learning how these features work, I focused on understanding why they were intr...
Most migration trouble traces back to a question nobody asked in week one. This is the list I run through before agreeing to a date, grouped by what each answer protects you from. The short version. F...
Profiling is looking at the real data to find out what is actually in it. It takes a day or two and it is the only stage whose output tells you whether your timeline is honest. This article gives you ...
Every one of these has a cheap check that catches it early and an expensive version that catches it late. This is the list, ordered by how much the late version costs. The short version. Almost all mi...
A kickoff is not a get to know you call. It is where you define the project, and anything you fail to settle here you will renegotiate later at a worse moment. This article gives you the agenda, the f...
Hypercare is the close support period straight after go-live. It ends with a final reconciliation report, an internal readout, and a handoff to whoever supports the client from here. Done well it is t...
Retrieval-augmented generation on a WordPress site works like this: index your pages, find the passages that match the visitor's question, paste them into the model's system prompt, ask for an answer....
Over the past few months, there has been increasing discussion about how artificial intelligence systems discover and use information from websites. With the rise of AI search, the idea of llms.txt ha...
When floodwaters rise or infrastructure fails, screens become useless. Your hands might be full, your phone screen might be wet, or you might simply be in a state of panic. In these critical seconds, ...
