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SuperPrompter is a Python-based application that utilises the SuperPrompt-v1 model to generate optimised text prompts for AI/LLM image generation (for use with Stable Diffusion etc…) from user prompts. See Brian Fitzgerald’s Blog for a detailed explanation of the SuperPrompt-v1 model and its capabilities / limitations. Features Utilises the SuperPrompt-v1 model for text generation. A basic (aka ugly) graphical user interface built with tkinter. Customisable generation parameters (max new tokens, repetition penalty, temperature, top p, top k, seed). Optional logging of input parameters and generated outputs. Bundling options to include or exclude pre-downloaded model files. Unloads the models when the application is idle to free up memory. Prebuilt Binaries Check releases page to see if there are any prebuilt binaries available for your platform. ...

Two of my most commonly used LLM tools are Ollama and LM Studio. Unfortunately they store their models in different locations and filenames. Manually copying or linking files was a pain, so I wrote a simple command-line tool to automate the process. This is why I created Llamalink. Ollama is a cross-platform model server that allows you to run LLMs and manage their models in a similar way to Docker containers and images, while LM Studio is a macOS app that provides a user-friendly interface for running LLMs. ...

Offline AI / LLM Assistant More info on this soon but the basic idea was to use Willow, Home Assistant and local LLM models to create a locally hosted, offline, AI powered Siri replacement and interface it with ESP32 S3 Box 3 devices. ...

“MBA Washing” refers to the phenomenon where individuals, often with a strong theoretical or academic background but limited recent practical experience, adopt and reinterpret industry-specific terminology and cultural movements. – This reinterpretation is typically influenced by their academic learning, recent literature, and biases towards larger enterprise perspectives. As a result, the original intent and practical effectiveness of these concepts, such as DevOps or Platform Engineering for example, may be diluted or misrepresented. ...

A talk I gave to some peers on creating your own SDXL LoRA models from my tinkering around over the last few weeks. ...

Recently, after replacing my home server I noticed that the CPU (Ryzen 7600) was only scaling between 3000MHz and 3800MHz, which is the base and the first level boost clock of the CPU. I was expecting it to scale down to as low as 400Mhz when idle, and up to 5.17Ghz on boost. ...

This is a high level intro to LLMs that I’m writing for a few friends that are new to the concept. It is far from complete, definitely contains some errors and is a work in progress. This is a work in progress and a living document. Language models, or LLMs, are a type of artificial intelligence that can generate text based on a given prompt. They work by learning patterns in large amounts of text data and using those patterns to generate new text. LLMs can be used for a variety of tasks, such as generating chatbots, answering questions, and creating art. ...

Contributing to Open Source is important to the quality and maintainability of the software and engineering communities we rely on every day - so why is it that so many developers/engineers never participate? ...

We create more value by having conversations in public instead of behind closed doors. ...