Compressed Thoughts

A blog by Matthew Rease

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Calling all Davids!,

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Macro shot of some kind of pink flowering plant with a large number of tiny intricate flowers. It makes you wish you could zoom in a hundred times more.

Christian, Live for Christ, Without FOMO

Enjoy God's creation and the various (non-sinful) recreations of this earth, but don't worry about not experiencing them all.,

When someone says, "to live is Christ, but to die is gain", or "this life is but a vapor", or some other such remark, do you ever find yourself agreeing externally, but internally thinking about certain (good) things you've yet to enjoy? You think to yourself "yes and amen... but I'd sure like to visit the Italian country-side." If it is God's will, you may yet get to enjoy that snippet of creation, but even if you don't, be assured you will not miss any of it in eternity.
A chat interaction between a user and an LLM. The user says "Vibe me up some code mister AI!", to which the LLM generates some kind of Python script which it claims will draw a bouncing ball.

Skills Exist Apart From Tools

Leonardo da Vinci didn't need a brush to make art. My take on "Vibe Coding".,

AI isn't bad. Using AI isn't bad either. Relying solely on AI is fine too, as long as you recognize it for what it is.
The Qwik Group's public LinkedIn profile.

Un-professionals, Vol. 1

Or, how not to handle unexpected issues coming up, during the hiring process.,

The story of my first truly bad interviewing experience. And reasons I think all should avoid the company The Qwik Group.
The Lenovo Yoga's rather friendly looking firmware screen. Visual and mouse based, with optional keyboard controls.

A Journey Through Some Rough Lenovo Firmware

How I diagnosed a bad NVMe drive on a laptop over several hours.,

I recently had the displeasure of working on a Lenovo Yoga C740 which had stopped booting into its operating system (Linux Mint). What should have taken 30 minutes, ended up taking me probably around 8 hours.

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