Ayaz ayazhafiz

Anti-hype LLM reading list

Goals: Add links that are reasonable and good explanations of how stuff works. No hype and no vendor content if possible. Practical first-hand accounts of models in prod eagerly sought.

Foundational Concepts

Pre-Transformer Models

Disk Speed Test (Read/Write): HDD, SSD Performance in Linux

From this article you’ll learn how to measure an input/output performance of a file system on such devices as HDD, SSD, USB Flash Drive etc.

I’ll show how to test the read/write speed of a disk from the Linux command line using dd command.

I’ll also show how to install and use hdparm utility for measuring read speed of a disk on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL.

Take the average result: To get the accurate read/write speed, you should repeat the below tests several times (usually 3-5) and take the average result.

	{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
	{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
	{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fwarn-incomplete-patterns #-}

	-- A-Normalization, based on Matt Might's blog post:
	-- http://matt.might.net/articles/a-normalization/
	import Control.Monad.Cont
	import Control.Monad.State
	import Data.Function

	### JHW 2018
	import numpy as np
	import umap



	# This code from the excellent module at:
	# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4643647/fast-prime-factorization-module

	import random

	module.exports = {
	config: {
	// default font size in pixels for all tabs
	fontSize: 12.5,

	// font family with optional fallbacks
	fontFamily: '"Meslo LG S for Powerline", Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Lucida Console", monospace',

	// terminal cursor background color (hex)
	cursorColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,.4)',

	# Include this file in your project's root folder to integrate with CircleCI.
	# Replace 0.18.0 with the Crystal version you're using.
	dependencies:
	cache_directories:
	- "crystal-0.18.0-1"
	pre:
	- if [[ ! -e crystal-0.18.0-1 ]]; then wget https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/releases/download/0.18.0/crystal-0.18.0-1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && tar xvfz crystal-0.18.0-1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz; fi
	test:
	pre:
	- crystal-0.18.0-1/bin/crystal deps

	$ brew update && brew doctor # Repeat, until you've done all the Dr. has ordered!
	$ brew install postgresql # You'll need postgres to do this... you may also need to 'initdb' as well. Google it.

	$ brew install elixir
	$ mix local.hex # Answer y to any Qs
	$ createuser -d postgres # create the default 'postgres' user that Chris McCord seems to like -- I don't create mine w/a pw...

	# Use the latest Phoenix from here: http://www.phoenixframework.org/docs/installation -- currently this is 1.0.3
	# Answer y to any Qs
	$ mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/releases/download/v1.0.3/phoenix_new-1.0.3.ez

	<!--

	Use this snippet to add a google map location chooser to your form

	Step 1: Get a google map api key and insert it in the first javascript tag
	Step 2: In your html form, create two hidden elements, one for latitude, and one for longitude. Give the elements ids and set the LATITUDE_ELEMENT_ID and LONGITUDE_ELEMENT_ID to the appropriate variables
	Done!

	-->

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	#
	# Seeking to answer man's eternal question "I wonder how many little Git
	# repositories I have just floating around in my home directory. Further, I
	# wonder how many actually have a remote somewhere."
	#
	# Usage:
	#
	# Search for Git repositories in the specified directory
	# > ruby git_finder.rb some_dir another_dir ...