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Hardening off plants, again

Well, it’s that time of year again - seed starting happened a month or more ago, and the little plants under the lights in my basement are starting to get bigger and ready to go outdoors. For the past few days, I’ve been putting a small set of flowers out in the sun on my back porch for a couple hours, and they’re getting ready to plant. But today, I also brought out some herbs that will go in the garden: basil and dill, mostly.

Artificial Isn't Natural

It’s a bit crazy how artificial intelligence has suddenly become quite mainstream. The technology has been around for years, but now it’s all the rage, with so many apps and tools announcing the addition of “AI” to the feature list. I feel like most of this is due to the rise of ChatGPT and other large language models, especially now that the technology has reached a point of general adoption.

A Vim Experiment

A few months ago, I got the itch to learn a new programming tool. Perhaps there was a blog post I read or something like that (I really can’t remember), or maybe my subconcious brought up memories of a former coworker who was an avid Vim user.