Compressed Thoughts

A blog by Matthew Rease

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 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.
3d render of a blu-ray disc, with laser, and binary code on the outer edge

Blu-Ray - The Future?

A supposed legendary technological evolution of the DVD, the future of optical entertainment. So where are they?,

CDs were a breakthrough, at least in terms of storage. When CDs came out they held more data than hard disk drives of the time, but things evolve. CDs evolved into DVDs, which held nearly 5 GB vs the ~700 MB of CDs. CDs and DVDs are manufactured in slightly different ways, and are read with slightly different tech, but Blu-Rays are rather interesting.