Automation, machine learning and LLMs in the chip industry (source: chatGPT)I felt like one of those guys from Monsters Inc. You know, the ones in the big yellow hazmat suits. A necessary precaution! I was entering the most complex manufacturing environment in the world. One that requires so much precision that even microscopic particulates from…

How to Create a Speech-to-Text-to-Speech Program Image by Mariia Shalabaieva from unsplashIt’s been exactly a decade since I started attending GeekCon (yes, a geeks’ conference 🙂) — a weekend-long hackathon-makeathon in which all projects must be useless and just-for-fun, and this year there was an exciting twist: all projects were required to incorporate some form…

Understand Semantic Structures with Transformers and Topic Modeling We live in the age of big data. At this point it’s become a cliche to say that data is the oil of the 21st century but it really is so. Data collection practices have resulted in huge piles of data in just about everyone’s hands. Interpreting…

A handy reference on migrating bookmarks, terminal enhancements, and AWS Cli settings Image generated by author using midjourneyI recently received a new 16-inch MacBook Pro with the latest Apple M3 chip for my work computer. I had heard rave reviews about the blazing-fast Apple M1 and M2 chips, so I was incredibly excited to get…

Advanced techniques to process and load data efficiently AI-generated image using KandinskyIn this story, I would like to talk about things I like about Pandas and use often in ETL applications I write to process data. We will touch on exploratory data analysis, data cleansing and data frame transformations. I will demonstrate some of my…