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Installing Jupyter Lab for ROCm

Set up Jupyter Lab for Deep Learning on a ROCm system

PyTorch and ROCm for Deep Learning

Deploying PyTorch on a local AMD GPU system

Polars Primer 07: Filtering Rows

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Rust Iterators Primer

Rust for-loop implemented with iterators.

Polars Primer 06: Namespace Functions

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Polars Primer 05: Working with Multiple Columns

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Polars Primer 04: Creating and Altering Columns

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Polars Primer 03: Descriptive Analysis

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Polars Primer 02: Isolating Rows and Columns

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Polars Primer 01: Introduction

A look at Polars using Python and Rust

Introduction to OSMNX with Pandas

Analyzing Minato City Geodata.

Pandas Prep of DnD5e Monsters Data

Part one of DnD5e Monsters analysis with Pandas.

Pandas Basic Analysis 04: File I/O

Part four of data analysis with Python Pandas: file read and writes.

Pandas Basic Analysis 03: Data Frame

Part three of data analysis with Python Pandas: the data frame.

Pandas Basic Analysis 02: Series

Part two of data analysis with Python Pandas: the series data structure.

Pandas Basic Analysis 01

Part one of an introduction to data analysis with Python Pandas.

Update Data in a Graph Network: Cypher MERGE

Tutorial on the Cypher MERGE statements with Rust examples.

Filter Data in a Graph Network: Cypher MATCH and WHERE

Tutorial on the Cypher MATCH and WHERE statements with Rust examples.

Provision a Graph Network: Cypher CREATE and RETURN

Tutorial on the Cypher CREATE and RETURN statements with Rust examples.

The Colab-Hugging-Face-Llama3.1 Troika: Getting Started

A straightforward procedure for incorporating a Meta-Llama3.1 transformer hosted at Hugging Face within a Google Colab notebook.

Ollama Serving Llama3.1 Over HTTP

A simple Ollama C++ client interacting with Llama3.1 to list Catholic saints.

LangChain Vector Store Queries

Vector DB retrieval using Facebook AI Similarity Search (FAISS) with OpenAI embeddings

OpenAI Completion Models

Comparing OpenAI text and chat completion models via python-langchain.

OpenAI Few Shot Prompt Engineering

Python code for OpenAI chat showcasing the few shot prompting technique

TinyML: Serial to Google Drive

Lab Notes for Chapter 02 of TinyML Cookbook 2E

CUDA Programming: Hello, World

The customary ‘Hello, World’ program.

Deploy CUDA on Windows x64 (MSYS2)

A short recipe for setting up a command line CUDA environment in Windows.

openFrameworks: Sketch My Name

A simple program to showcase creative coding with openFrameworks.

Deploy openFrameworks on Windows x64

How to quickly get started with openFrameworks in windows.

C++ Notes to Self: Shared Pointers

‘std::shared_ptr is a smart pointer that retains shared ownership of an object through a pointer. Several shared_ptr objects may own the same object.’ [cppreference.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Unique Pointers

‘A unique pointer is a smart pointer that owns and manages another object through a pointer and disposes of that object when the unique_ptr goes out of scope.’ [cppreference.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Namespaces

‘A namespace is a declarative region that provides a scope to the identifiers (the names of types, functions, variables, etc) inside it.’ [learn.microsoft.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Inline Functions

‘Functions can be instructed to compiler to make them inline so that compiler can replace those function definition wherever those are being called.’ [cpulusplus.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Function Overloading

‘With function overloading, multiple functions can have the same name with different parameters.’ [w3schools.com]

C++ Notes to Self: The auto Keyword

‘The auto keyword directs the compiler to use the initialization expression of a declared variable, or lambda expression parameter, to deduce its type.’ [learn.microsoft.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Pointers

‘Pointers are a very powerful feature of the language that has many uses in lower level programming.’ [cplusplus.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Ranged Based for Loop

‘The range based for loop is added in C++ 11 standard and is a more compact form of its traditional equivalent.’ [tutorialspoint.com]

C++ Notes to Self: Reference Variables

‘C++ references allow you to create a second name for the a variable that you can use to read or modify the original data stored in that variable.’ [cprogramming.com]