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Jun 2021

41 links - Work 26 · Music 5 · Fun 3 · Life 7

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Work - AI, code, business

• A Fine-Tuning Transformers for NLP - Guide to quickly fine-tune Transformer models for downstream NLP tasks with practical examples. · #llm-fine-tuning #nlp #transformers
• A Few-Shot Learning with GPT-Neo - Hugging Face article on practical few-shot learning using GPT-Neo and Accelerated Inference. · #llm-few-shot #gpt-neo #huggingface
• B Ask HN: How to Learn Proper Systems Programming? - Community discussion on learning systems programming with practical recommendations and resources. · #systems-programming #learning #cs-fundamentals
• B Emily Nix's DIY Lightboard for Online Teaching - Economics professor built custom lightboard to enhance remote lectures with visual demonstrations. · #teaching #online-education #diy
• B Intuitive Python: Clean patterns and practices - Programming book teaching practical Python patterns, modules, and best practices for correctness. · #python #books #learning
• B Ask HN: Advanced Python coding books - Community recommendations for advanced Python books beyond beginner-level programming education. · #python #books #learning
• B Ask HN: Senior Engineers' Career Advice (1/5/10 Years) - Hacker News thread with career guidance from experienced software engineers at different stages. · #career #engineering #mentorship
• B How to make landing pages look professional - Design principles for creating polished landing pages without hiring professional design team. · #web-design #landing-pages #ux
• B Ask HN: What did 90s programmers predict? - Nostalgic discussion about outdated technology predictions and surprising forecasting misses. · #tech-history #career
• B Handsfree: Face/Hand/Pose Tracking for Web - JavaScript library integrating ML-based hand, face, and pose tracking into frontend projects. · #ml-tracking #web-dev #creative-coding · M
• B How to Become a Bad Developer - Satire inverting Jacobi's maxim to humorously highlight mistakes that harm developer careers. · #career #best-practices #humor
• B Ask HN: Tools You've Built for Yourself? - Community thread sharing personal productivity tools and utilities developers have created. · #tools #productivity #dev-tools
• B Django Unicorn: Full-Stack Django Framework - Modern Django framework for building interactive features in templates without JavaScript. · #django #python-web #full-stack
• B Don't Write Code for a Startup - Career advice on evaluating startup opportunities and protecting yourself as a programmer. · #startup #career #business · dead
• B HifiFace: 3D Shape-Guided High-Fidelity Face Swapping - IJCAI 2021 paper on face-swapping using 3D shape priors and semantic guidance for realism. · #face-swap #computer-vision #deep-learning
• B Datablocks: Node-Based Data Transformation - No-code node editor for exploring, analyzing, and transforming data without programming. · #data-tools #no-code #analytics
• B Free Dev Stuff: Developer tools directory - Curated collection of free tools, APIs, and services useful for MVP and prototyping. · #dev-tools #resources
• B Stripe Identity: Global User Verification - Payment tool for identity verification with minimal friction and fraud prevention. · #payments #verification #fraud-prevention
• C ET-Jekyll: Minimal Jekyll Theme - Lightweight Jekyll theme inspired by Tufte CSS for elegant, print-friendly web typography. · #jekyll #web-design #css
• C Three.js: Cube with different texture per face - Stack Overflow solution for implementing textured 3D dice cube in Three.js WebGL library. · #three-js #3d-graphics #webgl
• C Three.js: Dynamically overlay GLTF model texture - Stack Overflow technique for switching and overlaying textures from GLTF 3D model files. · #three-js #3d-graphics #webgl
• C How to Write a Programming Book - Guide to technical writing with focus on teaching concepts rather than just explaining. · #writing #technical-writing #publishing
• C Three.js: Texturing Imported OBJ Models - Stack Overflow Q&A on applying textures to 3D models loaded from OBJ files in Three.js. · #3d-graphics #three-js #webgl
• C Three.js: Texturing GLTF Models from Blender - Discourse discussion on applying material textures to 3D models exported from Blender. · #3d-graphics #blender #three-js
• D Django for Startup Founders - (unverified - page not reachable) · #django #startup #python
• D Noor: Drop-in audio/video chat for teams - (unverified - page not reachable) · #collaboration #communication · archived

Music - synths, MIDI, audio

• A KORG Logue SDK: Custom Oscillators and Effects - Software development kit for building custom synthesizer oscillators and effects for KORG hardware. · #synth-dev #dsp #midi · M
• A Monotron CV Hack: Analog Control Voltage Modification - Video demonstrating how to mod KORG monotron for CV input enabling analog synthesis expansion. · #synth-mod #cv #diy · M
• B HarmoniComb: Pythagorean matrix for music - Visual system based on Pythagorean Lambdoma for understanding harmonic relationships in music. · #music-theory #harmonics #visualization · M
• B How to Modify KORG Monotron - Blog post documenting hardware modifications for the KORG monotron synthesizer. · #synth-mod #electronics #diy · M
• D Pianobook: Latest Piano Samples - (unverified - page not reachable) · #samples #music-production #vst · M · archived

Fun - hardware, retro, maker, video

• B Google Alto: ML-Powered Mini Robot with RPi Zero - Google Creative Lab project using Coral Accelerator and Raspberry Pi Zero for teachable ML robot. · #robotics #ml-hardware #maker · M
• B NymphCast: Open-Source Audio/Video Casting System - GitHub project for audio and video casting with custom application support like open AirPlay. · #audio-streaming #open-source #maker · M
• B EdgeTPU Support for Raspberry Pi Zero - Google Coral project enabling machine learning acceleration on Raspberry Pi Zero hardware. · #edge-ml #raspberry-pi #hardware · M

Life - health, learning, admin

• A Lean into the pain: Raw Nerve (Aaron Swartz) - Aaron Swartz on embracing discomfort as essential path to growth and genuine learning. · #philosophy #self-improvement #psychology
• B How to Get Yourself to Do Things - Psychology-based approach to self-motivation and overcoming procrastination through behavior understanding. · #productivity #psychology #motivation
• B Marcus Aurelius: Stoic composure amid disappointment - Stoic philosophy on maintaining mental peace and equanimity when betrayed by others. · #philosophy #stoicism #psychology
• B Remove Your Personal Information from Google - Google support guide for removing or managing personal data in search results. · #privacy #google #data-removal
• D Airbnb: Experience hosting submission - (unverified - page not reachable) · #travel #experiences
• D My experiments with sprouting legumes - (unverified - page not reachable) · #nutrition #gardening · archived
• D Routine DB: Fitness Routines Database - (unverified - page not reachable) · #fitness #routines #health

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