Notes from the middle of the work.

Mostly about the unglamorous half of building with language models: deciding whether the output actually got better, and what to do when it did not.

I hand-labelled 149 examples before I trusted my own scorer

Everyone can generate. Far fewer can tell you whether the output got better. Notes on building a small evaluation set by hand, calibrating a scorer against it, and what the disagreements taught me.

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A personal reflection on growing up in India, living and working in Japan, and learning to navigate two cultures that shaped who I am.

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An overview of autonomous driving concepts, SAE J3016 automation levels, and core system components used in modern self-driving vehicles.

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Install NDDS (NVIDIA Deep Learning Dataset Synthesizer)

Step-by-step guide to installing NVIDIA Deep Learning Dataset Synthesizer (NDDS) with Unreal Engine 4.22 for generating synthetic datasets for deep learning.

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Install Unreal Engine 4 on Ubuntu (UE4 Tutorial)

Step-by-step guide to installing Unreal Engine 4 on Ubuntu, including Epic Games account setup, GitHub access, build steps, and useful shell helpers.

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HackMD: Write, Publish, and Share Markdown Notes Effectively

A practical guide to using HackMD for writing Markdown notes, publishing them, collaborating live, and syncing with GitHub.

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