Bits 'n Bytes
Bits 'n Bytes
Matthew John Hayes
Matt is an architect for a telecommunications company in New Zealand, and dabbles with various areas of tech in his (limited) spare time.
Latest Posts
We build a local AI chatbot with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and carry out simple tests… Continue reading →
Do we really understand AI safety? While it is tempting to focus on existential risks, there are more pressing concerns… Continue reading →
This tutorial shows how to run AI LLM workloads locally on your PC using free and open source Ollama platform, and how to interface with it using Python and REST API.… Continue reading →
Docker have rewritten compose, changing the command syntax along the way. This post provides a brief overview of the changes.… Continue reading →
Notes from my journey upgrading the family desktop PC from Windows to Linux Mint… Continue reading →
You can find and follow me on Mastodon at @mattjhayes@techhub.social. It’s a great open decentralised alternative to commercial social media platforms. Mastodon
Microsoft Windows 11 Recall feature has major problems. We use it as a case study on when to dial back product innovation to avoid impacting the customer.… Continue reading →
The VS Code “Remote - SSH” extension requires significant CPU and memory on the remote machine. Use with caution and consider disabling extensions.… Continue reading →
Avoid the cognitive trap of assuming people will read your document. Use a walk-through to incorporate ideas from others and align them on a common purpose.… Continue reading →
Reusing the term ‘hallucinate’ for AI is misleading. It anthropomorphizes LLMs, leading to flawed human assumptions when compared to the real LLM model… Continue reading →
In this post we built an experimental Apache NiFi installation to learn about some of the basic features… Continue reading →