book: Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers by Jeff Prosise

 Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers

While many introductory guides to AI are calculus books in disguise, this one mostly eschews the math. Instead, author Jeff Prosise helps engineers and software developers build an intuitive understanding of AI to solve business problems. 

Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers: Solve Business Problems That Can't Be Solved Algorithmically: Prosise, Jeff: 9781492098058: Amazon.com: Books

Jeff Prosise | LinkedIn

GitHub - jeffprosise/Applied-Machine-Learning

Welcome to Python.org

Anaconda | The World’s Most Popular Data Science Platform

Python vs. GoLang : Easy vs. Simple

 Python is Easy. Go is Simple. Simple != Easy. · Preslav Rachev

"The most pragmatic solution we have found in our work is combining the powers of Python’s easiness and Go’s simplicity. For us, Python is a great prototyping playground.

Once the rough Django proof-of-concept starts resembling a product, we identify how much of it can be rewritten in Go. Since the Django application has already defined the structure of the database and how data models look, writing the Go code that steps up on top of it is quite easy."

EV: Hyundai Ioniq 2: $22,000?

The technology Hyundai will use to make the NEW Ioniq 2 EV for $22,000 - YouTube

Hyundai Wants To Crack Europe’s EV Code With $22,000 Ioniq 2 | Carscoops

AI: custom LLM: YugoGPT-chat

yugochat.com/en

yugo or golf?

by Aleksa Gordić @ LinkedIn

x ETF BG, Microsoft, Google DeepMind

the model outperformed Mistral & LLaMA 2 for Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, and Montenegrin and now you can play with it in our playground app.

Runa AI – Artificial Intelligence for your Language.

Zip API: append

JavaScript

jszip - npm

javascript - How to Zip files using jszip library - Stack Overflow

Stuk/jszip: Create, read and edit .zip files with Javascript @GitHub

A library for creating, reading and editing .zip files with JavaScript, with a lovely and simple API.

See https://stuk.github.io/jszip for all the documentation.

dual-licensed. You may use it under the MIT license or the GPLv3

5 M downloads / week

alternative lib, less features?

cthackers/adm-zip: A Javascript implementation of zip for nodejs. Allows user to create or extract zip files both in memory or to/from disk @GitHub

The library allows you to:

• decompress zip files directly to disk or in memory buffers
• compress files and store them to disk in .zip format or in compressed buffers
• update content of/add new/delete files from an existing .zip

adm-zip - npm

MIT, 3.1M downloads/week

ADM ZIP · cthackers/adm-zip Wiki

node.js - How to add my file to an existing zip-folder using node-js in lambda? - Stack Overflow

Python 

Python's zipfile: Manipulate Your ZIP Files Efficiently – Real Python

Printable PDF 2024 Calendars: Seasons

PDF calendars 2024

	2024 Seasons, National Parks (NPS) 4 pages English US Letter (8.5"x11") Sunday first day of week English US Legal (8.5"x14")  English Europe A4 (8.3"x11.7") Monday first Serbian Latin A4  Serbian Cyrillic A4
	2024 Months, National Parks 12 pages English US Letter English Europe A4 Serbian Latin A4 Serbian Cyrillic A4
	2024 Seasons, Space (NASA) English US Letter English US Legal English Europe A4 Serbian Latin A4 Serbian Cyrillic A4
	2024 Months, Space English US Letter English Europe A4 Serbian Latin A4 Serbian Cyrillic A4

Related:

List of national parks of the United States - Wikipedia

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive @NASA

.NET Rocks! Space in 2023 Geek Out excellent podcast

Music of seasons

The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) - Wikipedia

with original instruments

Vivaldi Four Seasons - Voices of Music - YouTube: 
Winter (L'Inverno) | Spring (La Primavera) | Summer (L'Estate) | Autumn (Autunno)

and with cello, virtuoso
Vivaldi Winter (1st movement) - LUKA - YouTube (3 min) 

LUKA - The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) LIVE (43 min)

SolidJS vs React; useSignal() vs useState()

Solid.js is very similar to React, but fundamentally different: 

no shadow dom, less state complexity

Is SolidJS the better ReactJS? - YouTube by Academind / Max S.

Getting Started with SolidJS - YouTube by Academind / Max S.
SolidJS made "Signals" one of the most important frontend JS framework trends you can find right now! 

solidjs.com
Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces.


solidjs/solid: A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. @GitHub


Websites using SolidJS - Wappalyzer
OpenAI is using SolidJS

Intro to SolidJS reactivity (in 5 minutes) - YouTube

Solid JS compared to svelte? : r/solidjs

useSignal?

Solid.js and many other tools implement a new way for managing "app state"

useSignal() is the Future of Web Frameworks

The key difference between Signals and State is that Signals return a getter and a setter, 

whereas non-reactive systems return a value (and a setter).

Why is returning a getter (function) better than returning a value?
Because by returning the getter, you can separate the passing of the state-reference from a reading of the state-value.

useState vs useSignal: A Comprehensive Comparison for React Developers | by tong eric | Bina Nusantara IT Division | Medium

Why are people SO obsessed with useSignal()? - YouTube
SolidJS, Qwik.js, Preact.js, Angular

React’s upcoming compiler will not solve prop-drilling, but Signals do | LinkedIn

by Misko Hevery CTO at Builder.io, Creator of Angular & Qwik

Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks - YouTube

solidjs.com/tutorial/introduction_signals

even latest Angular supports useSignal!

Angular's Renaissance - YouTube (v17)

AI Glasses: RayBan Meta

These AI Glasses are Crazy! - YouTube 
review by Marques Brownlee - YouTube

Ray-Ban Stories - Wikipedia

Ray-Ban Stories are smartglasses created as a collaboration between Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica. The product includes two cameras, open-ear speakers, a microphone, and touchpad, all built into the frame.

Ray-Ban | Meta smart glasses 2023 | Ray-Ban® USA

$329

Ray-ban | Meta Wayfarer Sunglasses in Caramel and Brown - RW4006 | Ray-Ban® US

Neon: serverless Postgres database

neondatabase/neon: Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage. @GitHub

"Neon is a serverless open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres. It separates storage and compute and substitutes the PostgreSQL storage layer by redistributing data across a cluster of nodes."

db that supports GitHub branches!

Apache license + online service available; Rust + C + Python

Neon Free Tier - Neon Docs

SpaceX Falcon 9 "sinks"

 Historic SpaceX Falcon 9 booster topples over and is lost at sea – Spaceflight Now

This particular booster, tail number B1058, was coming back from its record-breaking 19th mission when it had its fatal fall. ...The booster made a successful landing... succumbed to “high winds and waves.”

EV: Kia Electric Truck

 The 2026 Kia Electric Truck: Everything You Need to Know

Kia's PR release noted, "in the United States, where mid-sized SUVs and pickups are popular, electric versions of these models will be produced locally from 2024."

Building the truck in America would allow Kia to avoid the chicken tax for the truck and let it to be eligible for the federal EV tax credit.

Kia Pickup Truck Teaser Coming Soon, Says Design Boss

Kia’s Bold Plan Will Hatch 14 BEVs, Including a Pickup @MotorTrend

Conceptual Kia EV9 Pickup Might Turn Out a Great F-150 Lightning Contender, if Real - autoevolution

"Chroma": Vector Database for ML/AI

podcast: The Cloudcast: Intro to Vector Databases

chroma-core/chroma: the AI-native open-source embedding database @GitHub
Apache license; Go + Python + Jupyter + TypeScript

pip install chromadb # python client
# for javascript, npm install chromadb!
# for client-server mode, chroma run --path /chroma_db_path

Embeddings?

What are embeddings?

• Read the guide from OpenAI
• Literal: Embedding something turns it from image/text/audio into a list of numbers. 🖼️ or 📄 => [1.2, 2.1, ....]. This process makes documents "understandable" to a machine learning model.
• By analogy: An embedding represents the essence of a document. This enables documents and queries with the same essence to be "near" each other and therefore easy to find.
• Technical: An embedding is the latent-space position of a document at a layer of a deep neural network. For models trained specifically to embed data, this is the last layer.
• A small example: If you search your photos for "famous bridge in San Francisco". By embedding this query and comparing it to the embeddings of your photos and their metadata - it should return photos of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Embeddings databases (also known as vector databases) store embeddings and allow you to search by nearest neighbors rather than by substrings like a traditional database. By default, Chroma uses Sentence Transformers to embed for you but you can also use OpenAI embeddings, Cohere (multilingual) embeddings, or your own.

tryChroma.com (+$18M investment)

"the AI-native open-source embedding database"

Chroma Reaches Major Milestone: More Than One Million

mp3 metadata from JavaScript/TypeScript

 music-metadata - npm

Stream and file based music metadata parser for node.js. Supports any common audio and tagging format. TypeScript definitions are included.

Borewit/music-metadata: Stream and file based music metadata parser for node. Supporting a wide range of audio and tag formats. @GitHub

demo online

Audio Tag Analyzer 

Heroines - Diablo Swing Orchestra · Webamp · Winamp 2 in your browser

music-metadata-browser - npm

Borewit/music-metadata-browser: Browser version of music-metadata parser Supporting a wide range of audio and tag formats. @GitHub

Borewit/music-metadata-react: React application to test integration with music-metadata-browser

DotNet AOT compile to exe

Native AOT deployment overview - .NET | Microsoft Learn

Deep dive into .NET performance and native AOT | BRK205H - YouTube

A simple introduction to native AOT in .NET 8.0 - YouTube

NativeAOT for .NET APIs Is Here and It’s INSANE! - YouTube

tRPC, gRPC, GraphQL or REST?

Build a full-stack TypeScript app using tRPC and React - LogRocket Blog

tRPC, gRPC, GraphQL or REST: when to use what? - YouTube


Learn tRPC in 5 minutes - YouTube


Don't Migrate To tRPC - YouTube


trpc/trpc: 🧙‍♀️ Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy.
End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy.

Quickstart | tRPC

tRPC combines concepts from REST and GraphQL.
If you are unfamiliar with either, take a look at the key Concepts.

trpc/trpc: 🧙‍♀️ Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy. @GitHub

Python AST <=> JSON

Python language comes with "batteries included", many useful modules / libraries

ast — Abstract Syntax Trees — Python 3.12.1 documentation

ast2json · PyPI

json2ast · PyPI

Here is an example that does full "round-trip" 
python code text => ast => json => ast => code text

import ast

import json

from ast2json import ast2json

from json2ast import json2ast

code_text="""

def hello(name):

   print("Hello ", name) hello('World')

"""

print('=== code text ===\n', code_text)

ast_from_code=ast.parse(code_text)

print('=== ast from code ===\n', ast.dump(ast_from_code, indent=4))

json_from_ast = ast2json(ast_from_code)

print('=== json from ast ===\n', json.dumps(json_from_ast, indent=2))

ast_from_json = json2ast(json_from_ast)

print('=== ast from json ===\n', ast.dump(ast_from_json, indent=4))

code_from_ast = ast.unparse(ast_from_json)

print('=== code from ast ===\n', code_from_ast)

interesting: after "round-trip" double quotes from "Hello" from print statement are converted to single quotes. Python "likes" single quotes more :)

Go AST <=> JSON

Go lang compiler is written in Go, so parsing source code and AST are available as packages.
Getting AST is "one line of code"
But the AST is using recursive pointers, and serializing to JSON requires some extra effort.

Here is a useful tool for that:

asty-org/asty: Converts golang AST to JSON and JSON to AST @GitHub

AST → JSON | JSON → AST

Marshals golang AST into JSON and unmarshals it back from JSON.

It allows building pattern matching, statistical analysis, language transformation, search/data-mine/anything algorithms for golang with any other language (I like to do it with python. Check out asty-python)

Demo:

Go-to-AST-JSON: Convert Go to AST-JSON instantly

how it works

Analyzing AST in Go with JSON tools - DEV Community

Basic AST Traversal in Go - zupzup

Here is a minimalistic example of using Go AST

package main

import (

    "fmt"

    "go/ast"

    "go/parser"

    "go/token"

    "os"

)

func main() {

    if len(os.Args) < 2 {

        fmt.Println("Please provide a filename as a command line argument.")

        os.Exit(1)

    }

    filename := os.Args[1]

    // read source from text file

    data, err := os.ReadFile(filename)

    if err != nil {

        fmt.Println("Error reading file:", err)

        os.Exit(1)

    }

    src := string(data)

    fmt.Println(src)

    // Initialize a new token file set

    fset := token.NewFileSet()

    // Parse the source code

    f, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, "", src, parser.ParseComments)

    if err != nil {

        fmt.Println(err)

        return

    }

    // Print the AST

    ast.Print(fset, f)

}

Abstract syntax tree - Wikipedia

An abstract syntax tree (AST) is a data structure used in computer science to represent the structure of a program or code snippet. It is a tree representation of the abstract syntactic structure of text (often source code) written in a formal language. Each node of the tree denotes a construct occurring in the text. It is sometimes called just a syntax tree.

AI + React: v0 by Vercel, with Tailwind CSS

v0 by Vercel

Introducing v0: Generative UI - YouTube

v0: Vercel's AI-Powered React Component Creator

The AI-powered v0 looked fascinating on its release, but has been stuck behind a waitlist till now. Vercel has dropped that list, opening it to all users. Even Larry David would admit it's pretty, pretty good.

Announcing v0: Generative UI – Vercel

Here’s how it works:Describe the interface you want to build
v0 produces code using open-source tools like React, Tailwind CSS, and Shadcn UI
Select an iteration and keep editing in v0
When you're ready, copy and paste that code into your app and develop from there

v0 FAQ

v0 is a generative user interface system by Vercel powered by AI. It generates copy-and-paste friendly React code based on shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS that people can use in their projects.

Vercel's New AI Writes Surprisingly Good Code - YouTube

HTMX: HTML First

HTML First

HTML First is a set of principles that aims to make building web software easier, faster, more inclusive, and more maintainable by...

1. Leveraging the default capabilities of modern web browsers.
2. Leveraging the extreme simplicity of HTML's attribute syntax.
3. Leveraging the web's ViewSource affordance.

</> htmx ~ Locality of Behaviour (LoB)

HTML First code snippet library.

HTMX.org on the ViewSource affordance

Tesla open source @GitHub

 Tesla, Inc. @GitHub

teslamotors/fleet-telemetry 
Go

Fleet Telemetry is a server reference implementation for Tesla's telemetry protocol. Owners can allow registered applications to receive telemetry securely and directly from their vehicles. This reference implementation can be used by individual owners as is or by fleet operators who can extend it to aggregate data accross their fleet.

helm-charts/charts/fleet-telemetry at main · teslamotors/helm-charts

for Kubernetes deployment of telemetry

teslamotors/react-native-camera-kit: A high performance, easy to use, rock solid camera library for React Native apps.

Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript...

architecture: Las Vegas Sphere

Sphere (venue) - Wikipedia

The venue's exterior also features 580,000 sq ft (54,000 m2) of LED displays.
Sphere measures 366 feet (112 m) high and 516 feet (157 m) wide.

18,600-seat stadium.
$2.3 billion venue.

London is Building its Own Vegas Sphere - YouTube

Las Vegas Sphere: Inside the new 18,600 seat entertainment venue

Winter solstice 2023; WebGL Earth; Vivaldi

Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno), original version. Freivogel & Voices of Music RV 297 4K - YouTube   Vivaldi Winter! The complete concerto performed on original instruments.

Winter solstice - Wikipedia

a shortest day of the year on northern Earth hemisphere, 
and start of winter.

WebGL Earth - 3D digital globe for web and mobile devices

webglearth/webglearth2: WebGL Earth 2 - the source code of the project @GitHub

Open-source virtual planet web application running in any web browser with support for WebGL HTML5 standard. Mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad or Android based mobile phones are going to be supported too.

CesiumGS/cesium: An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas: @GitHub

Google Earth

AI code: TLDraw "make real" HTML+JS+CSS

 Unreal. AI writing Tailwind + JS from a sketch - YouTube

tldraw/tldraw: a very good whiteboard @GitHub

tldraw.com (playground)

“Make It Real” AI prototype wows devs by turning drawings into working software | Ars Technica

LanceDB: vector database, search, AI

podcast

Open source, on-disk vector search with LanceDB featuring Chang She, CEO and co-founder of LanceDB (Practical AI #250) |> Changelog

LanceDB

Episode #234 “Vector DBs beyond the hype”

Vector databases blog posts from Prashanth:

• (Part 1): What makes each one different?
• (Part 2): Understanding their internals
• (Part 3): Not all indexes are created equal

lancedb/lancedb: Developer-friendly, serverless vector database for AI applications. Easily add long-term memory to your LLM apps! @GitHub

Rust + Python + TypeScript

Apache

Master Vector Databases | Udemy

Vector Databases: A Beginner’s Guide! | by Pavan Belagatti | Data And Beyond | Medium

What is a Vector Database & How Does it Work? Use Cases + Examples | Pinecone

Vector Database | Microsoft Learn

A vector database is a type of database that stores data as high-dimensional vectors, which are mathematical representations of features or attributes. Each vector has a certain number of dimensions, which can range from tens to thousands, depending on the complexity and granularity of the data. The vectors are usually generated by applying some kind of transformation or embedding function to the raw data, such as text, images, audio, video, and others. The embedding function can be based on various methods, such as machine learning models, word embeddings, feature extraction algorithms.

The main advantage of a vector database is that it allows for fast and accurate similarity search and retrieval of data based on their vector distance or similarity. This means that instead of using traditional methods of querying databases based on exact matches or predefined criteria, you can use a vector database to find the most similar or relevant data based on their semantic or contextual meaning.

AI Music Generator - SOUNDRAW.io

 AI Music Generator - SOUNDRAW

"Simply choose the mood, the genre and the length. Our AI will generate beautiful songs for you." 

examples

AI Music Generator - SOUNDRAW

EV van: Mercedes eSprinter

eSprinter | Mercedes-Benz Vans

The All-New eSprinter Efficiency Road Trip - YouTube

20 ft waves in New Jersey!

 20ft WAVES in NEW JERSEY WINTER SURF December 18, 2023 - YouTube

huge waves New Jersey December 2023 - YouTube

NEW JERSEY SURFING: NOR'EASTER PIPELINE BARRELS - YouTube

Big, angry NEW JERSEY (50 year storm – December 18, 2023) - YouTube

eksctl: create EKS K8s cluster on AWS

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Documentation

Getting started with Amazon EKS – eksctl - Amazon EKS

[Playground Series] How to create an EKS cluster in KodeKloud Playground? - Playgrounds - KodeKloud - DevOps Learning Community

Course: Docker & Kubernetes: The Practical Guide [2023 Edition] | Udemy

design: Unconventional Homes

6 Unconventional Home Builders #1 - YouTube

0:34 ➤ Earthship Biotecture - https://earthshipbiotecture.com/ 2:32 ➤ Green Magic Homes - https://greenmagichomes.com/ 4:11 ➤ Monolithic Dome - https://monolithicdome.com/ 6:53 ➤ Mighty Buildings - https://www.mightybuildings.com/ 9:03 ➤ Urban Rigger - https://www.urbanrigger.com/ 10:41 ➤ Deltec Homes - https://www.deltechomes.com/

 2070 Square Feet | Deltec Homes

NEXT LEVEL PREFABRICATED HOME Design Like You’ve Never Seen Before - YouTube

book: React Key Concepts by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

book React Key Concepts: Consolidate... by Schwarzmuller, Maximilian @Amazon

Maximilian Schwarzmüller | LinkedIn

Post | Feed | LinkedIn

Maximilian Schwarzmüller | AWS certified, Professional Web Developer and Instructor | Udemy

Academind - High Quality Learning Materials

Academind Premium Courses

ChatGPT - The Complete Guide | Academind

Academind - YouTube

code katas @ GitHub

gamontal/awesome-katas: A curated list of code katas @GitHub

A kata, or code kata, is defined as an exercise in programming which helps hone your skills through practice and repetition. Dave Thomas @pragdave, started this movement for programming.

Dave Thomas's CodeKata

Wonderland Clojure Katas

SensioLabs PoleDev Katas

Gaurav Arora's TDD Katas Collection

Kata - Wikipedia

Kata is a Japanese word (型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practised in Japanese martial arts as a way to memorize and perfect the movements being executed. 

Performing Code Katas | 8th Light