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Feb 13, 2025

How to safely connect cloud server to home GPU server

Unlock home GPU power for cloud workloads with Tailscale and Docker. I demo a simple architecture that tunnels requests to your local rig, skipping pricey cloud GPUs. All ports stay hidden, ensuring a tight, cost-effective environment.

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Oct 27, 2024

Managing Secrets in NixOS Home Manager with SOPS

Discover how to securely manage secrets in NixOS Home Manager using SOPS and sops-nix. Learn to set up Age encryption, create encrypted secret files, integrate SOPS with NixOS, and access secrets as environment variables. Perfect for maintaining secure, declarative NixOS configurations.

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Sep 6, 2024

Run custom GGUF model on Ollama

Learn how to install a custom Hugging Face GGUF model using Ollama, enabling you to try out the latest LLM models locally. This guide covers downloading the model, creating a Modelfile, and setting up the model in Ollama and Open-WebUI.

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Feb 15, 2024

A beginners guide to fine tuning LLM using LoRA

Discover how to create a synthetic dataset, select the right metrics for evaluation, and fine-tune your model using LoRA for a narrow scenario. Plus, learn how to serve your model efficiently using LLaMa.cpp on Mac/Linux.

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Sep 30, 2023

A guide to using Python with Supabase securely

Learn how to use Python with Supabase for web development for all your AI/LLM backend needs. Create a secure Python service that validates JWT tokens from Supabase and integrates with Next.js.

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Jan 16, 2015

Using ElasticSearch in Elixir

ElasticSearch [http://www.elasticsearch.com/products/elasticsearch/] is a document database, not in the typical sense, topped up with a Lucene [http://lucene.apache.org/] for doing free form text

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