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Current Best Solution for Chat-Enabled Services
A technical survey of the state of the art and market for large language models.
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David Bookstaber

September 2023

Software Engineering
On balancing software performance with development work.
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David Bookstaber
Why I Dislike Dark Mode
Brighter screens are easier to read. Here's why.
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July 2023

Buying a Home?
Don't let the Realtor cartel take your money!
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David Bookstaber

May 2023

Insanity: People still pumping Bitcoin
BTC is a particularly pathological cryptocurrency, and it is doomed in the long run
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Worst Fire Alert Message Ever?
If there were an award for bad industrial design...
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April 2023

"Variance-Covariance matrix" unnecessarily redundant
Stop saying "variance-covariance matrix." It's just "covariance matrix." A covariance matrix is a symmetric matrix in which each element i,j …
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The Criminal Court of Public Opinion
Imagine being accused of a crime that you did not commit. You are arrested, charged, and your name is splashed across the media. You are confident that…
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Disarm Police – Part II
American police should not be allowed to routinely carry weapons because the established risks to the public outweigh the benefits. Police are held to…
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David Bookstaber

January 2023

October 2022

August 2022

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