Contiguous Memory A Cautionary Tale

technical
performance
python

Breaking down some functions that break contiguity in memory and the performance implications of those breaks

Feb 1, 2026
Kevin Bird
 

The $5 Match

Buffett
Warren Buffett vs. Tiger Woods — The $5 Match
Jan 3, 2025
Kevin Bird
 

Cartagena Colombia Travel

Travel
Experiences
We started our journey in Fitchburg, WI. We took a Lyft to the bus stop and took the bus down to Chicago the night before our flights. This was not necessary but it did make…
Jun 21, 2024
Kevin Bird

Artist Identification - EJ Whitney

Art
My wife sent me a link to a painting that caught her eye. It had all of the colors that we have been working into the lounge in our house. It was a 44in x 34 oil painting…
Jun 21, 2024
Kevin Bird
 

Genetic Algorithm Intro

technical
ChatGPT

A walkthrough of genetic algorithms generated using ChatGPT

Dec 21, 2022
Kevin Bird
 

Should We Use ChatGPT?

advice
ChatGPT
Until a few days ago when I started trying out ChatGPT, I didn’t think this was a question I would have to contemplate for at least a few years, but, realistically, I…
Dec 8, 2022
Kevin Bird

DiffEdit Paper Implementation

technical
research

Implementing the DiffEdit Paper

Nov 2, 2022
Kevin Bird
 

5 Ways to Improve Your Quality Inspection Process

Manufacturing
Quality
If you work in manufacturing and are struggling to with rising costs, returned products, and unhappy customers, check out some of my ideas below on how to improve your…
Sep 26, 2022
Kevin Bird
 

Exploring Timm vs Torchvision Resnet18 Difference

fastai
technical
exploration

Reviewing the impact batchnorm initialization has on non-pretrained model performance

May 2, 2022
Kevin Bird

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PyTorch torch.lerp Exploration

python
technical
exploration

Reviewing torch.lerp and its uses

Feb 22, 2022
Kevin Bird
 

A cron job that will run conda, run python script, and email when it fails

technical
I have searched high and low trying to create a scheduled task (cron job) that will: 1. Use a conda environment 2. Run a python script 3. Email if/when errors occur
Feb 17, 2022
Hiromi Suenaga
 

Create SSH key pair and using it

technical
It is fairly simple to create a SSH key pair as ssh-keygen will guide you through the whole process.
Feb 15, 2022
Hiromi Suenaga
 

Python Function Default Argument Value

python
technical
exploration

Exploring an unexpected Python behavior that could cause your program to behave inconsistently

Feb 7, 2022
Kevin Bird
 

Using Makefile to Create Git Hook

technical
In our previous post, we created a Git Hook that will strip all the superfluous metadata automatically when you commit notebooks. We wanted to make the installation of this…
Feb 6, 2022
Hiromi Suenaga
 

Using Git Hook to Clean Jupyter Notebook on Commit

technical
To avoid merge issues and make PR review easier, we wanted a Git Hook which will: - Clear output of Jupyter Notebook - Only clean the files that were modified for this PR
Feb 5, 2022
Hiromi Suenaga

Texas Rate Inspector Overview

texas
rate
Currently Texas’ rate selection process is heavily driven by the lowest cost for a typical user. However, this limits the imagination of Retail Electricity Providers (REP)…
Sep 19, 2021
Kevin Bird

Normalizing fastai Tabular Inputs

technical

Exploring the effectiveness of normalization on tabular data

Aug 16, 2021
Kevin Bird
 

5 Lessons from Richard Feynman

advice
I recently listened to a biography about Richard Feynman and I had some takeaways that surprised me. I had always vaguely known that Richard Feynman was an interesting guy…
Aug 3, 2021
Kevin Bird
 

Python Native slots Attribute Exploration

python
technical
exploration

Diving into Python to see what slots does and how it can be used

May 21, 2021
Kevin Bird
 

5 Tips for a New CIO

advice
Congratulations on your new role as CIO! As the CIO, your job is to remove roadblocks, provide a vision, and enable your business partners without spending more than is…
May 18, 2021
Kevin Bird
 

fastai’s Text DLs Exploration

fastai
technical
exploration

Exploring different methods to create the dls object in fastai

May 14, 2021
Kevin Bird
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