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.
pile of scrabble letter tiles

Not Knowing What To Call Something

Hey man, you know when you have to like... do that thing? "What do you mean?" I dont know, like, that thing we do. "Do you speak English?",

This is more of a silly post compared to last time, but at the same time it's a serious post. Are humans just stupid? Or do our languages just lack the words to describe something sometimes.