A technical guide on configuring custom system prompts in LMEvalJob with unitxt, including detailed explanations of the Custom Resource features, enhanced task recipes, and a practical example using the google/flan-t5-base model.
Announcement of a new artwork titled ‘Panegyric’ being added to the drawings collection.
A detailed guide on optimising VM storage using XFS filesystem on Fedora, explaining XFS’s benefits for high I/O operations and providing step-by-step instructions for disk preparation and configuration.
A comprehensive guide to setting up Syncthing as a systemd service on Fedora, covering installation, service configuration, automatic startup, and optional boot-time activation through user lingering.
A step-by-step guide to enhancing system security by configuring firewalld rules to restrict SSH access to a single machine within a LAN, including commands for implementation and verification.
A brief announcement of a new vaporwave-themed skin for the k9s Kubernetes CLI tool, with a suggestion to pair it with the Emacs vaporwave icon for a consistent aesthetic.
A technical guide covering two Kubernetes operational issues: setting up proper RBAC permissions for lease management in operators, and resolving ‘too many open files’ errors in KServe deployments by adjusting inotify watch limits.
A reflection on Plan 9’s design philosophy through Ron Minnich’s quote, highlighting the operating system’s commitment to universal feature implementation without special cases.
A fascinating connection between the tech and animation worlds, revealing how John Lassetter, the director of famous Pixar films, was also the creator of the iconic BSD daemon mascot.
A practical guide to using Kustomize in Kubernetes for managing and modifying labels across multiple resources, demonstrating how to efficiently change labels from ‘app: foo’ to ‘app: bar’ using the commonLabels feature.
An exploration of unusual orca behaviour patterns, comparing recent boat interactions around the Iberian Peninsula with historical examples of temporary behavioural trends, like the 1987 salmon-carrying phenomenon in Puget Sound.
A collection of thoughts on various topics including John Dos Passos’s literary techniques, blog styling with Gazette, CSS best practices, Daniel J. Bernstein’s insights on software bug reduction, and Lodash’s issue bankruptcy declaration.
A troubleshooting guide for compatibility issues between KServe 0.9/0.10 and Kubernetes 1.27.3, specifically addressing the HorizontalPodAutoscaler API version mismatch and providing potential solutions.
A quick tip on using JUnit’s @NullAndEmptySource annotation for parameterized tests, demonstrating how to easily test null and empty string cases alongside regular test values.
A quick guide on setting up LunarVim with NeoVide on macOS, including recommendations for tree-sitter compatible themes like modus and gruvbox-material.
A comparison between Poetry and Hatch for Python dependency management, focusing on their approaches to Docker multi-stage builds and integration with traditional Python workflows.
A practical approach to exception handling in Python using decorators, demonstrating how to elegantly transform exceptions without modifying method signatures, inspired by Java’s explicit exception handling.