I was tired of reading examples in Markdown that do not match reality, even in my own Markdown files. I was tired of updating Markdown with examples when writing new code, particularly if I wanted to show the code in Markdown and what it resulted in. I was so tired…

Ever wonder how Spotify or any number of dating sites figure out what or who you like? They use vector based searching. Due to the burst in use and writing about Large Language Models, there has also been a burst of interest in vector databases and descriptions of how they…

I recently took on the task of re-writing several open source JavaScript repositories I maintain to take advantage of recent optimizations in the JavaScript v8 engine. Some of these optimization involved using built-in classes like Map and Set instead of arrays. …

In a recent article, I address ChatGPT’s ability to generate code. In this article, I explore liability for the use of copyrighted code in training ChatGPT. There are now multiple lawsuits related to the use of publicly accessible data for training AI’s like ChatGPT. …

Ever feel like things are sometimes just a little harder than they should be? That’s the way I felt when I wanted to save version-controlled Markdown and SECST documents to IPFS from an editor I am developing. If you don’t know what IPFS is, then this article may not be…

AI ain’t ready! — With the increased availability of no-code/low-code environments and advent of AI applied to programming, there have been a number of articles posted saying that the end is near for programmers either because end users will create their own apps or AI will write apps from descriptions. …

In The Joy of SECST Markup, I introduced SECST (Semantic, Computational, Styled, Tagged) markup, a more expressive alternative to- and partial superset of Markdown. Although it does not cover in detail the Markdown compatibility of SECST, you may want to read it first to get a basic grasp of SECST…

Semantic, Extensible, Computational, Styled, Tagged (SECST) markup provides a new way to rapidly create technical guides, training materials, and other interactive documents with far more expressive power than Markdown and less complexity than HTML. No jumping through hoops, no drudgery, just joy! Introduction Markdown is a great, well established means of…

While working with Jupyter Notebook and Observable it occurred to me there might be some utility in extending Markdown syntax to support the types of things they support. This includes: Importing data Formatting data as lists Charts and graphs Computing values Forms and reactive changes to data Importing Data For importing data…