The girls have had a hard time going down to sleep. Once they fall asleep they’re usually able to sleep through the night. It’s the act of getting them to sleep that’s tricky. The entire process takes nearly two hours. After you factor in work, cooking dinner, playing with the kids, taking care of the other endless odds and ends doesn’t leave much time for anything else in the evening. So I haven’t really been able to get deep into hence this bunch of little thoughts.
LLM Agents- This would go under the “What I’m learning…” heading, but I haven’t been able to coalesce everything together. I’ve been converting my Peloton AI Trainer to use an agent framework and it’s powerful. I’m stuck on one bit of the agent. Once I get that resolved I’ll share more on this.
Open LLMs in Healthcare- This Nature piece really hit home. I don’t think it even goes far enough. All logic that’s used in healthcare for diagnosis, payment, clinical decisions etc. should be open source. Healthcare is too important to have algorithms and models making decisions stuck within black boxes.
Why isn't Twitch a better website? A couple years ago I streamed regularly on Twitch. Whatever little side project I was working on I would stream. I really enjoyed the experience and had a small group of regular folks who would check-in. I was doing it for fun and slowly the amount of effort to plan a stream became too much. Working from home I also enjoyed the coworking streams. Now I have a coworker who likes to watch Ms Rachel and Bluey. Anyways, I’m also shocked how Twitch never seemed to evolve. Not only did it never evolve but it also never became easier to use. I’m also shocked how Twitch never invested in its own community building product. All streamers had their own Discord server for community interactions. I’m flabbergasted that Twitch never tried to build that same community function to keep users engaged on their site. It’s sad to see Twitch go down like this, but I still might pop on one of these days. One of the main reasons I streamed was to work on teaching and presentation skills. I just need a refreshed on setting up OBS!
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries)- This was entertaining enough. I read this on my Kindle for a few nights trying to get P to fall asleep. I’m undecided on the remaining books of the series. We’ll see. I’m choosing my next read now.
156 Weeks of Peloton!- Last week I hit my goal of being a weekly Peloton user for three years! I’m really proud of this one. Peloton has been a huge part of my recovery after the diagnosis almost two years ago. The quality of my life would be significantly worse today without Peloton. I’m looking forward to keeping this streak going well into the future!
Digital Gardens- I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of Digital Gardens. Once I wrap up the Peloton AI Trainer I’m going to focus on this. I want to redesign this site to be more along the lines of a digital garden, so this is tagged on my next big side project.