David GilbertsonThe three types of timeHandling dates and times in code can be tricky. Understanding that there are three types of time — and knowing which one you’re dealing…·12 min read·Feb 3, 2024--10--10
David GilbertsoninBetter Programming87 Lesser-known Python FeaturesThis post is for people who use Python daily, but have never actually sat down and read through all the documentation.·43 min read·Jun 30, 2023--13--13
David GilbertsoninBetter ProgrammingTeam GPT: Simulating Multi-agent Collaboration With Role-playing Prompts·9 min read·Jun 11, 2023----
David GilbertsoninBetter ProgrammingThe mean misleads, part 2: more data for the doubtersSome background·10 min read·Jun 4, 2023----
David GilbertsoninBetter ProgrammingA Keyframe-style Learning Rate Scheduler for PyTorchWhen it comes to defining learning rate schedules in PyTorch, you have plenty of options. 15 different scheduler classes, to be exact.·10 min read·May 31, 2023----
David GilbertsoninBetter ProgrammingThe mean misleads: why the minimum is the true measure of a function’s run timeImagine: you’ve got a function and you’d like to know how long it takes to run, on average. So you run the function a few times, measuring…·16 min read·May 27, 2023--7--7
David GilbertsoninBetter Programming2D Tokenization for Large Language ModelsThis article is about how we process text before passing it to large language models, the problems with this approach, and an alternative…·18 min read·May 5, 2023--8--8
David GilbertsoninBetter ProgrammingCan you learn machine learning in a year?This post is for anyone considering a career move into the field of machine learning.·29 min read·Jan 29, 2023--6--6
David GilbertsonSmart review: introductionThere are 7.674 billion people on this planet. Of those, how many are working on innovations that will make the world a better place?·14 min read·Aug 6, 2021----
David GilbertsonThe scientific evidence proving ‘anti-vaxxers’ rightThe world is currently in the process of rolling out a vaccine that is killing people. Every day, millions of people are getting a jab in…·3 min read·Jul 5, 2021--9--9