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Taming LLMs with Langchain + Langgraph
Large language models (LLMs) handle the role of chatbots quite well on their own—just provide a well-crafted system prompt, and you can engage in dialogue with anyone from an English teacher to a real estate agent. However, when it comes to setting constraints on the chatbot's behavior or tightly controlling the direction of the dialogue, challenges arise. Regardless of how well-defined the behavior is in the initial prompt, there are no guarantees that the model will always perform as intended.
Honest Online Voting: Myth or Reality?
The idea of conducting online voting is not new. Various services are emerging, but traditional in-person voting with paper ballots remains the most common method for making important collective decisions. For example, in national elections with millions of ballots, thousands of polling stations, observers, and volunteers. Or at shareholder meetings of large corporations, where even at the notification stage of an upcoming meeting, a large number of registered letters must be sent out, with confirmation that they have been received. Or at general homeowners meetings, where you have to catch a moment when each resident is neither at work, on vacation, nor at their country house, to walk around all the apartments with a survey sheet. Yes, "paper" is slow and expensive. But despite all the drawbacks of "paper" voting, it continues to be actively used—partially due to the inertia of regulatory legislation and, probably to a larger extent, because of faith in the reliability of traditional, well-established procedures.
Automate Python Package Publishing with GitHub Actions
Setting up GitHub Actions to automate the publishing of Python packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) involves creating a workflow that runs when you push changes to your repository. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you integrate GitHub Actions with PyPI for your Python projects. Step 1: Prepare...
Valencia’s Ambitious Plans to Become Southern Europe’s Next Startup Hub
Perhaps best known globally for sunny vacations, folkloric Flamenco, and savory Paella, Spain is also home to one of the fastest-growing technology ecosystems in Europe. According to data from Dealroom, last year, Spanish startups were collectively worth around €100 billion (USD 111 billion), outpacing countries like Norway and Denmark, but still well behind more established ecosystems like the United Kingdom, Germany, and The Netherlands.
Building for Everyone? Here’s Why Less is More: Part 1
In the fast-moving world of B2B product development, there’s a silent killer creeping into meetings and roadmaps—and no, it’s not a virus. It’s something I like to call the “Everyone” Epidemic. The symptoms? Overly ambitious goals, scattered strategies, and an inability to say the magic word: No.
ByteDance Bets Big: A Strategic Exit From The Social Media Circus With AI Video?
Just when you thought you could take a breather from AI, ByteDance sashays into the spotlight – but not with the never-ending TikTok saga. At a glitzy AI innovation showcase in Shenzhen, ByteDance’s Volcano Engine unveiled two heavy-hitting models, PixelDance and Seaweed, with the hefty promise of shaking up the video generation landscape. PixelDance focuses on generating dynamic, high-quality videos from textual and visual prompts—think of it as the wish-granting genie for video makers. Seaweed dives deep into the realms of 3D animation and artistic rendering, catering to those who want to make their visuals pop like confetti at a party.
The TechBeat: Data Migration from Dell ECS to MinIO (9/27/2024)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. Data Migration from Dell ECS to MinIO. By @minio [ 7 Min read ] Dell ECS...
How to Make AI Your Mentor
Yes, it is that deep and that straightforward at the same time. Both make you give up and end up doing nothing in regards to self-improvement. To be able to achieve your goals, you have to first set them correctly. I’ve learnt the hard way that an unrealistic vision without...
Reminder: Bitcoin CAN Make Civilization Sane
This is the first book I've read about cryptocurrency, and I took away from it something invaluable, hope. Jason A. Williams, the author, gives us a lot of reasons to be optimistic about a Bitcoin-powered future. The author is a... Bitcoin Maximalist. And you will be too after reading this...
The Frameworks Dilemma
As a developer, frameworks are usually the first thing you grab when you want to speed things up and keep things reliable. People often talk about frameworks like they’re the perfect solution that can fix all your problems, making development faster, easier, and more efficient. However, if you've had some experience under your belt, you know that frameworks aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Picking the right one can streamline your work, but the wrong choice can lead to headaches down the road, slowing you down just when you need to move quickly.
The Noonification: When Bitcoin Was Eleven Cents (9/26/2024)
How are you, hacker? 🪐What's happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. Solving the All-pairs Shortest Paths Problem With the Floyd-Warshall...
Cross-Platform Design Wrapped Part 2: Creating App Architecture
The world of UI/UX design is a world of limitless possibilities. This is exactly why writing these articles feels like a refreshing introduction to the basics, which become the working ground for future developments. Building a foundation is exactly what I’d like to discuss today. In the first article, we talked about users' needs and expectations across different devices – this one is about how we build the structure that supports those experiences.
A Deep Dive into Docker Compose
Docker Compose uses a YAML file (docker-compose.yml) to define services, networks, and volumes that make up your application. The structure is easy to understand and is highly configurable, allowing you to manage multiple containers with a single file. Here’s an overview of the basic components of a docker-compose.yml file:
Airbnb at a Crossroads: Is the Innovative Travel Stock Running Out of Steam?!
Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) has long been recognized as one of the tourism industry’s most disruptive forces, but are customers finally beginning to turn their backs on the company’s convoluted pricing structures?. When announcing its second-quarter earnings, Airbnb pointed to. among US customers as a leading cause behind a sales...
An Overview of PostgreSQL indexing
As databases grow, ensuring fast and efficient access to data becomes increasingly important. This is where indexing comes into play. Think of an index as a highly organized system, much like a book’s table of contents. Instead of flipping through every page to find what you're looking for, the table of contents points you directly to the correct section, saving you time and effort. In the world of databases, this means faster queries and more efficient data retrieval.
World of Dypians Reaches New Prestige Level by Making Binance’s Latest Industry Report
World of Dypians (WOD) - a unique, groundbreaking MMORPG, has been featured in the latest Binance report, “. ." Binance is renowned for its in-depth reports showcasing some of the industry's most promising projects. Featuring Binance's overview of the crypto ecosystem is a momentous event for WOD, a game that has been building through innovation and creativity to deliver unmatched gaming experiences since day one.
17 Lesser Known Chrome Extensions You Need Right Now 🤩⚡
With thousands of Chrome extensions available, it is often overwhelming to see them all and find the ones that improve your browsing experience. Too many of them tend to get overlooked despite being useful in your daily workflow. I have handpicked 17 lesser-known Chrome extensions into one compilation, covering a...
Vote Bot: Create a Voting Bot Without Coding
Looking to automate votes for an online poll or contest? With a vote bot, you can easily automate the entire process, saving time and effort while increasing your chances of success. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a voting bot without writing any code, using Automatio.ai and...
Is Apple Intelligence the End for Many Third-Party Apps?
Apple has made a strategic move into the world of AI with Apple Intelligence, integrating on-device models and ChatGPT capabilities into its ecosystem. But as Apple continues to blur the lines between its own offerings and third-party apps, developers in certain fields may start feeling the pressure. In this article,...
A Gentle Introduction to HPC - High Performance Computing
High-Performance Computing (HPC) refers to the practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers much greater power than traditional computers and servers. HPC, or supercomputing, is like everyday computing, only more powerful. It is a way of processing large volumes of data at very high speeds using multiple computers and storage devices as a cohesive structure. HPC makes it possible to explore and find answers to some of the world's biggest problems in science, engineering, and business.
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