Engineering Blog

Brian Marick once distributed stickers with 'An example would be handy right about now'. This is also handy in cases where writing a test is not directly obvious

QWEN 3.6 models are multi modal, but getting that to work requires an additional file and configuration in llama.cpp and enabling images in the Pi.dev models configuration.

Checking out a repository on a fresh machine often involves some fiddling around. An init scripts costs only one prompt and gets you going now, and months later.

In which the writer reflects on believing AI is conscious

Yesterday my LinkedIn post about cancelling my Claude Code Max plan went viral. People asked me about my local LLM setup. A quick post about what I am using today

Setting up Pi on a VPS is easier than I thought. Open source with a great unboxing experience. Follow along and enjoy!

The last ten days have seen a phase shift in quality and speed of open weight models and inference. I am still adjusting.

A brief experiment in working in short cycles with a coding agent. Human very much in the loop.

Handwritten note about generating extensions for the coding agent you are in a session with on something else. Engineer solutions in the moment.

Writing and publishing have multiple goals and audiences. My hand written drafts rarely make it out to the public, unless it is a comment or a micro post. AI generated makes it out, but may confuse readers. Handwritten post.