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Continue reading →: Installing a local Large Language Model (LLM) with OllamaLarge Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have gained a lot of traction over the last year or two, and more tech companies are looking to include artificial intelligence (AI) in their products via LLMs. This includes Apple with their Apple Intelligence in iOS and MacOS which can be expanded…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot Free Tier
GitHub has announced a Free Tier for Github Copilot, and I’m excited to see how Copilot works in Github (i.e. how it can help improve my coding skills). Visual Studio Code (VS Code) My editor of choice is VS Code, and GitHub Copilot has an official extension within the Extensions…
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Continue reading →: Adding MFA to SSH Ubuntu 24.04 (Linux)
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 (LTS) and found that the notes for enabling MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) on the Ubuntu website need updating for 24.04 as they don’t currently work. With that in mind I thought a quick blog post was needed to help others and remind me in future…
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Continue reading →: Vue.JS Testing
After a few more edits to the Vue.JS frontend of the blog I decided it was time to learn how to add some tests in JavaScript. At first, I thought about cheating a little and using Python to carry out End to End (E2E) testing on just the site but…
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Continue reading →: Vue.JS, Django, GraphQL API and more!
On a recent visit to Real Python (www.realpython.com) I came across a course aiming to show how to create a blog with a Django (Python) backend and a Vue.JS (JavasScript) frontend, with the frontend and backend using GraphQL to share data. I’ve not utilised GraphQL or Vue.JS in a project…
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Continue reading →: Git: Left Over Branches
It’s Autumn here in the UK, and the leaves are falling from the trees leaving some empty branches. A similar principle happens when using Git and merging/deleting branches, leaving unused branches locally. I recently ran into this issue whilst working on a Django project (code on my GitHub), creating branches…
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Continue reading →: Five Domains of Digital TransformationDavid Rogers (The Digital Transformation Playbook, 2016) lists the five domains of digital transformation as:
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Continue reading →: ASP.Net / Blazor via DockerI’m currently looking at ASP.NET webapps and wanted to run one inside a container, rather than directly on my computer. Partly because I like running things in containers, and partly because I don’t currently build webapps on Windows, so want to make sure that any webapps I build/modify will run…
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Continue reading →: Northwest Computer Museum (UK)A blog post about the Northwest Computer Museum, located in Leigh (UK).
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Continue reading →: GeekTechStuff.com gets a 2024 refreshgeektechstuff.com has been going for a while now in various forms, with the site getting its own domain back in 2018 and very few site refreshes since. However, it’s 2024 and its time for a theme refresh. So, goodbye old geektechstuff.com and hello new look geektechstuff.com. geektechstuff.com 2018 geektechstuff.com 2019-2024…
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