Dopamine Fracking
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The act of pumping immense, disproportionate resources into a previously casual or complex and layered activity to forcefully extract and squeeze out the purest, most concentrated dopamine hit
read more →Welcome to my blog!
I don't write often, and when I do, it's horrible! Sometimes I post useful things, other times it's giant, aimless rants that I delete later because I cringe too hard. You can navigate by tags
Enough self-deprecating in the name of avoiding judgement, who cares, have fun!
DIY private DNS (DoH) with filtering
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A guide on how to set up your own private DNS server with filtering capabilities using Caddy and AdGuard Home. This tutorial will help you create a secure, encrypted personal DNS endpoint that you can use from anywhere in the world.
read more →My stupid LLM benchmark for stupid LLMs
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A benchmark I devised to test the ability of various stupid LLMs to write a bash oneliner that parses the raw LLM streaming API output into a live-updating chat-style display. It's a fun, single-shot benchmark that tells me a lot about the models' coding ability, instruction-following, and tendency to overthink.
read more →Dear user,
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A rambly post about how some dumb LLMs, especially OpenAI's gpt-5-chat-latest, have a weird tendency to address users as Dear user, in responses, even when it doesn't make logical sense to do so. I explore possible reasons for this behavior and share some funny examples.
On media being incompetent at depicting young people
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Have you noticed that a lot of modern contemporary media is utterly incompetent at portraying a younger generation or even just the current realities of life?
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