What I'm doing now
This is a Now page, an idea by Derek Sivers. A living document on what my life looks like now - things I would say when friends ask, "What have you been up to?"
Current Focus
- With generative AI tools flooding the tech industry, I am upskilling myself in LLMs. Learning the fundamentals of any technology is important, so I feel this is a good place to start for someone already familiar with ML application programming.
- Besides, I am climbing and belaying with my friend Pablo once a week, with the goal of climbing some small to medium rock-faces outdoors.
- I am making some small wooden articles at a local woodworking center.
- I am trying to log 15-20km every week running on Strava - not easy but the summer sun is just too enticing to not be outside.
- I applied for a drivers' license course - I hope to drive a used VW van to take it outside on wild camping trips.
Projects
- Drafting my next blog post about setting up different generative AI models through Llama.cpp on a local machine.
- I will be aiming to finish a couple of woodworking projects by end of June - a box-shaped coffee table and a small oakwood pencil-case.
Books
- I have started reading "The Last Song of Dusk".
- I regularly delve into the pages of The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll, one of my favorite physicists and a notable science communicator.
Music
- A couple of retro tracks have kept me upbeat lately, viz. "People in the Front Row" by Melanie and "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac.