Trying out Jsonformer
I tried out jsonformer to see how it would perform with some of structured data use cases I've been exploring.
Thought Eddies
Tradeoffs of Using a Cache at Scale
Imagine we have a query to an application that has become slow under load demands. We have several options to remedy this issue. If we settle on using a cache, consider the following failure domain when we design an architecture to determine whether using a cache actually is a good fit for the use...
Protobuf contracts with LLMs
I've written several posts on using JSON and Pydantic schemas to structure LLM responses. Recently, I've done some work using a similar approach with protobuf message schemas as the data contract. Here's an example to show what that looks like.
Input data schemas and token efficiency
Plenty of data is ambiguous without additional description or schema to clarify its meaning. It's easy to come up with structured data that can't easily be interpreted without its accompanying schema. Here's an example:
Figuring out how to use LLMs in production
Code needs structure output
The most popular language model use cases I've seen around have been chatbots agents chat your X use cases
Shaping LLM Responses
It's necessary to pay attention to the shape of a language model's response when incorporating it as a component in a software application. You can't programmatically tap into the power of a language model if you can't reliably parse its response. In the past, I have mostly used a combination of...
Auto-GPT
Experimenting with Auto-GPT
Auto-GPT is a popular project on Github that attempts to build an autonomous agent on top of an LLM. This is not my first time using Auto-GPT. I used it shortly after it was released and gave it a second try a week or two later, which makes this my third, zero-to-running effort.
Using GPT-3.5 to Quickly Generate and Run Shell Commands
I believe that language models are most useful when available at your fingertips in the context of what you're doing. Github Copilot is a well known application that applies language models in this manner. There is no need to pre-prompt the model. It knows you're writing code and that you're going...
Future of Personal Knowledge
Over the the years, I've developed a system for capturing knowledge that has been useful to me. The idea behind this practice is to provide immediate access to useful snippets and learnings, often with examples. I'll store things like: Amend commit message with tags like #git, #commit, and #amend...
Nix and direnv
I know a little about nix. Not a lot. I know some things about Python virtual environments, asdf and a few things about package managers. I've heard the combo of direnv and nix is fantastic from a number of engineers I trust, but I haven't had the chance to figure out what these tools can really...