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An agentic loop in Go for a small local model
I run my own general purpose assistant on a 9B at home, and the tool calling loop in it is about two hundred lines, most of which is stopping it telling me it could look something up if I wanted.
2026-09-20
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Caddy configuration for Django with some sensible defaults
Caddy is a great web server with sensible defaults but there a few things that I need to configure to have perfect synergy with Django.
2022-06-04
Creating a PWA with Next.js and next-pwa to improve your websites UX
Turning your website into a PWA, especially if your website doesn't rely on an internet connection at all, can greatly improve its user experience by allowing them to access your web app anywhere.
2022-06-18
Counting table row counts in PostgreSQL
An easy way to count the number of rows in a PostgreSQL table and sort by totals allowing you to find what's taking up space in your database.
2022-05-28