10x better performance on disk IO on Linux. Linux on a 4GB MacAir 2013 wiped my external disk at 333MB/s vs Mac M1 Max 32GB doing it with the same external disk at 30 MB/s. If you wanna know why: it's the man's OBSESSION with it: x.com/hk_net/status/…

Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day! 3 squared+ 4 squared = 5 squared 9/16/25 Once in a lifetime 🤓

Been wrestling with an old friend (Inkscape) in the past few days, a specific way of extracting SVGs from PDFs. Surprisingly its CLI is performing faster and more robustly on my Mac than Dockerized Linux (Alpine). Going to play around with Docker memory/options/settings, but if

Last days of summer going strong in Toronto

"the Jeopardy theme song"

Gm, Toronto!

waterloo ftw 🚀

beautiful!

The 3rd edition of my book Deep Learning with Python is being printed right now, and will be in bookstores within 2 weeks. You can order it now from Amazon or from Manning. This time, we're also releasing the whole thing as a 100% free website. I don't care if it reduces book

Good day, Toronto!

The sound of fully utilizing your GPU with local LLMs going through documents!

Happy Fall, y’all!

superversive (adj.) — Said of a person: one who seeks to uplift, ennoble, and inspire others, affirming meaning, beauty, and virtue rather than undermining them. Let that be you.

PSA do not vibe code your CDK. While I'm at it, please avoid Typescript when there's an elegant Python alt! You're welcome!

I got `Inkscape` working on a Lambda using CDK… AMA!!

I love the fact that Physics Olympiad team was hosted by President Donald J. Trump we need all the celebration of excellence in engineering, science and building we can get. Congrats to the team 👏

I am running autonomous AI agents in VMs. Every shower idea gets spec'd and implemented automatically using loop bash script, specialized subagents, and proper tooling, ... then two days later I go back and review the outcome.