Last week I watched Simon Willison’s talk on embeddings. I have watched a few videos on embeddings and this was the most notable. Willison takes you through the core ideas of embeddings and then demonstrates how to apply them in applications, in a “hackers guide” approach — I will go into further details in a separate TIL. Through this talk I got to discover the concept of TILs (Today I Learned), shamedly I was at least 11+ years late in coming across this acronym. Reddit’s r/todaylearned earliest revision history dates back to at least that time. Needless to say this was a mini revelation for me as TILs solved a lot of current problems:
- Constructive procrastination
- Making writing a habit
- Getting my blog posts from ‘draft: true’ to ‘draft: false’ without them being as complete as I’d like
- Conveying ideas/thoughts simply
Thank you Simon Willison’s, your talk was a massive inspiration! Moreover, your archive of writings dating back to 2002 is simply impressive and encouraging.