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1. Pelican deployment with GitHub Actions

   Pelican deployment with GitHub Actions

   I originally decided to use Pelican for this blog because I wanted to get more practice with Python. Now I don't really have that motivation, but I don't really want to spend time switching.

   I had Pelican set up on one of my personal laptops …

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2. Setting up AWS EC2 instances for system design

   Getting an EC2 instance set up for messing around with Python system design

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3. Anki settings after a long break

   Anki settings after a long break

   The standard advice when returning to an Anki deck after a long break is

   1. Create a filtered deck that contains cards that are recently due (say, within a week)
   2. Review remaining backlog little by little until all reviews are cleared

   The idea is that …

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4. Full tensors in Torchscript

   Full tensors in Torchscript

   I was productizing some PyTorch models recently and ran in to an issue with the way torch.full_like behaves in Torchscript.

   import torch
   

   The original code use torch.full_like to create a tensor with a given shape. It also forced the type of the new tensor …

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5. Experimenting with Vim emulations in all apps

   Background

   I spent the first ten years of my career using Linux machines, and the next 11 years using Windows for my day-to-day work. I used a Mac laptop during that time as my personal device. However, I'd only occasionally do small personal projects with it. I never really used …

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6. gRPC layout for Python

   Setting up a layout for gRPC files that works seamlessly with Python

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7. Overview of C++ smart pointers

   Examples of using C++ smart pointers to manage ownership

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