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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 08/12/2024

TIL this week: LLMs (or at least gpt4-o) are pretty good at interpreting markdown tables. And docling makes it super easy to get PDFs/HTML pages into markdown format. I made a short video showing how to query Wikipedia pages - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGz-...

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Do LLMs understand markdown tables?

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

THREAD: How to check if the screenshot of a social media post is real or fake? Fake screnshots of online posts regularly mislead people. So, here's a simple guide on how you can quickly check if a screenshot of a post attributed to an account is genuine or fake before falling for or sharing it.

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Robert Haase @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Github Receipts. Nice idea! 😊 gitreceipt.vercel.app

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

If you're making a side project today or a personal site that needs a hero image, I made this lil hero generator a while back: hero-generator.netlify.app Enjoy!

Screenshot of hero generator with a dorky button that says "when a hero comes along" har har

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Datawrapper @datawrapper.de · 28/11/2024

Fargo, Severance, Black Mirror, Atlanta, Master of None, Euphoria – they all left their fans waiting for three years or more between seasons. In fact, we're waiting longer than ever for TV shows to return, as @lisacmuth.bsky.social shows in her Weekly Chart: blog.datawrapper.de/waittime-for...

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Chris @chris.blue · 28/11/2024

That you can build Twitter (bsky) with 20 people instead of 2000 means bsky can pursue monetization models that Twitter never could. This is a pattern I see across many startups now. Tech has gotten good enough to ship products at 10x-100x less cost compared to 20 years ago. 1/n

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Kiril Videlov @kiril.se · 28/11/2024

So many products today are described as "AI x". But it should be possible to state it's value without the implementation detail that is "AI", right? Similar how we don't necessarily prefix other software products with "software".

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ClickHouse @clickhouse.com · 27/11/2024

ClickHouse doesn't have a PIVOT operator, but we can achieve similar behavior using aggregate function combinators. In our latest video, we use the -Map suffixed functions to explore house prices in the UK.

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Can you PIVOT in ClickHouse?

ClickHouse doesn't have a PIVOT clause, but we can get close to this functionality using aggregate function combinators. This video will show how to do this using the UK housing prices dataset.

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 27/11/2024

In this week's video, I played around with a library called burr. It's a state machine library that you can use to build LLM apps where you want some human input/decision making built in. I only scratched the surface, but it was already pretty cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6WK...

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Intro to burr: A State Machine for LLM apps

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Nikhil Benesch @benesch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Something interesting is brewing in Iceberg-on-S3 land. 👀 lists.apache.org/thread/v7x65... cc @eatonphil.bsky.social

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ClickHouse @clickhouse.com · 26/11/2024

The ClickHouse 24.11 community call has just got underway. Join us on Zoom: clickhouse.com/company/even... Or YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hpT...

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v24.11 Community Call

Nov 26 - Every month we get together with the community (users, contributors, customers, those interested in learning more about ClickHouse) to discuss what is coming in the latest release.

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 26/11/2024

I've done a bunch of videos if you like videos! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 23/11/2024

I want to see a screenshot or photo of a project that you've never published anything online about before

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Mimoune Djouallah @mimdj.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Look , I love #duckdb and all, but #daft is going a beautiful job with Iceberg rest catalog

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Andy Pavlo @andypavlo.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The Database Capital of Europe

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Tanya Bragin @tbragin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I had the pleasure of joining @joereis.bsky.social on his podcast a couple of weeks ago. We discussed many topics, including big shifts in data ecosystem and approaches to commercializing open source. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/3GyW...

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Tanya Bragin - Clickhouse, Open Source vs Commercial, and More

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Steve Ewing @jambuddy.live · 21/11/2024

That's like a live sentiment tracker. You could make an emoji index. If it correlated with consumer confidence, which it should lead, it would be an interesting market indicator. #Rstats #dataBS

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 21/11/2024

And @christiannolan.bsky.social's one too bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 21/11/2024

I like @chris.blue's starter kit bsky.app/starter-pack...

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nate @zzstoatzz.io · 21/11/2024

uv makes it so easy to go zero to MRE say i find bug in foo==x.y.z, i can repro with: uv run \ --with foo==x.y.z \ repro.py RuntimeError: oh no! test the branch with a fix: uv run \ --with foo@git+https://{giturl}.git@hotfix-foo \ repro.py ✅ just used this today! github.com/pydantic/pyd...

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new requirement in 2.10 to pass `validated_data` when `call_default_factory=True` · Issue #10912 · pydantic/pydantic

Initial Checks I confirm that I'm using Pydantic V2 this issue opened per #10905 (comment) Description appears to be a new requirement that validated_data is passed to Field.get_default if call_def...

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jake @yetanotheruseless.com · 21/11/2024

So on further thought: I wonder why this is happening for you: I’m following *gob-tons* of people now, and my feed is practically overwhelmed with cool AI stuff. Maybe you should follow a bunch of people I am following ;)

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Mike Driscoll @medriscoll.com · 20/11/2024

ICYMI I recently interviewed the creator of @clickhouse.com, Alexey Milovidov. We dove deep into what ClickHouse is so fast, why AI companies love it (hint: its had a vector data type since 2012), rewriting Zookeeper (yikes), and how math informs database design. www.rilldata.com/blog/rill-cl...

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Rill | Data Talks on the Rocks 4 - Alexey Milovidov, ClickHouse

A video interview with Alexey Milovidov, co-founder and CTO of ClickHouse, that dives deep into AI, ClickHouse’s architecture, different database categories, and pain points in the market that ClickHo...

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Tanya Bragin @tbragin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Do not miss @clickhouse.com meetup on Dec 12 in SF 🎄 All 3 founders will be there, our CTO Alexey is giving a talk on ClickHouse+AI, and you'll also hear from users like Doordash. Register now, space is limited - ty @cloudflare.social for hosting! www.meetup.com/clickhouse-s...

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ClickHouse Meetup @ Cloudflare, Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Hello ClickHouse Enthusiasts! We’re really excited to host another ClickHouse Meetup at the Cloudflare Office - San Francisco on December 12th, 2024. The creator of ClickH

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Xuanwo @xuanwo.io · 20/11/2024

Updates for my database starter pack and list: - Added @clickhouse.com - Added @memgraph.com Welcome to join the bluesky, let's rock! go.bsky.app/Nd8hieE

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 19/11/2024

My @clickhouse.com colleague @tbragin.bsky.social (VP Product/Marketing) has joined Blue Sky as well. Can you add her too if there's space?

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 19/11/2024

He's a step slower than he used to be and his shots seem to fall a lot shorter than did in his prime

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 19/11/2024

I don't know if he'll join as himself, but he is posting from the ClickHouse handle!

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The Body Serve @thebodyserve.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This week is going to be A LOT for those of us who've been along for the ride. Here is Roger Federer, a fan of Rafael Nadal

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Alex Karp (not the CEO) @autistic.af · 18/11/2024

If anyone is looking to connect with other engineering managers or leaders, @pelayoarbues.com put together a great starter pack!

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 17/11/2024

Probably should add @gwenshap.bsky.social if she's not already on there

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Diptanu Choudhury @diptanu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just created a starter pack to get a steady stream of Applied AI related conversations! Think RAG in Enterprises, Structured Extraction from documents, AI in consumer apps and Agents! I will keep adding folks to this list! Who else should I add?! buff.ly/3ObxkCD

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Applied AI Folks!

Join the conversation

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Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

You can also use Clearsky to see what packs people are in, to reverse search them clearsky.app

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 17/11/2024

Took the Llama3.2 vision model for a spin via Ollama and it works pretty well if a little slow www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUg_...

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Llama 3.2-vision: The best open vision model?

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Hector @hctr.dev · 16/11/2024

I made a thing! I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nightsky.hctr.dev It listens to all new posts and shows them as little stars across a night sky 🌃 Every star is someone, somewhere, posting something

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Nightsky | hctr.dev

See live conversations from all over Bluesky as a dynamic night sky

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Joe Reis @joereis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Having a hard time finding work? It might be that nobody knows who you are. Obscurity is the enemy. open.spotify.com/episode/32wB...

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Freestyle Fridays - Obscurity is Your Enemy

The Joe Reis Show · Episode

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 16/11/2024

It was spinning for ages when I first selected it, but fine once it got going

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 16/11/2024

I watched one round and they were dancing around each other noone trying to do anything. Dunno what the other rounds were like!

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Bancha 🍂🆚 @bancha.positivt.space · 14/11/2024

Images not loading right brings the importance of good alt text, remember this helpful graph:

A guide that shows how to write alt text. In it, a capbyara looking relaxed in a hot spa is there. They have yellow yuzu fruits floating in the water around them, and one is balance on the top of the capybara's head. The guide is a blue page with "WRITING ALT TEXT" at the top, with "Identify Who" "Expression" "Description" "Colour" "Interesting Features" in bubbles below that in various colors.

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 16/11/2024

Loving the starter packs, I'm following so many people because of them! 🎉

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 16/11/2024

I remember the BBC's first attempt at streaming the World Cup in 2006 and they had all sorts of issues. Pretty much sorted by 2010 and flawless ever since. Smaller audience too as it's only UK viewers.

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Mark Needham @markhneedham.com · 16/11/2024

Wrote a blog post showing how to achieve PIVOT-ish behaviour in ClickHouse and comparing it to DuckDB's PIVOT clause www.markhneedham.com/blog/2024/11...

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PIVOTing data in ClickHouse and DuckDB | Mark Needham

In this post, we'll learn how to pivot data in ClickHouse and DuckDB.

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