A minimal, responsive and SEO-friendly Astro blog theme.https://zacksiri.dev/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/how-i-build-with-llms/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/how-i-build-with-llms/This post provides an overview of how I connect my application layer to the LLM and what are some tooling I used to handle streaming responses from the LLM.Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/the-intelligent-balance/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/the-intelligent-balance/The distinction between determinism and non-determinism is often misunderstood as a measure of intelligence. In reality, it's a consequence of a system's design, influenced by a variety of factors. Truly intelligent systems require both deterministic and non-deterministic behaviors.Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/llms-a-ghost-in-the-machine/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/llms-a-ghost-in-the-machine/The landscape of Large Language Models (LLMs) is evolving rapidly, with powerful and open models being released at an unprecedented pace. As these technologies advance, so does the potential to integrate them into our existing systems. Traditionally, we've built systems with distinct layers such as the Application layer and Data Persistence layer.Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/data-visualization-for-machine-learning-in-elixir/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/data-visualization-for-machine-learning-in-elixir/I show you the various ways you can visualize data for machine learning in Elixir. I start with doing a basic scatter plot and move to more complex examples like plotting the loss curve.Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/i-built-a-home-server/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/i-built-a-home-server/My NAS broke down and I couldn't fix it and replacements are expensive, so I decided to build a home server to solve all my problems.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/learning-machine-learning-in-elixir/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/learning-machine-learning-in-elixir/I highlight the various tips and tricks to how I'm learning machine learning with elixir. I also go through the difference between python and elixir for various steps in machine learning.Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/self-provisioning-ecto-based-application/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/self-provisioning-ecto-based-application/How an elixir application that uses ecto can bootstrap it's own database.Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/work-distribution-with-jump-consistent-hash/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/work-distribution-with-jump-consistent-hash/How you can use jump consistent hashing to distribute workload in a distributed system.Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://zacksiri.dev/posts/why-i-created-pakman/https://zacksiri.dev/posts/why-i-created-pakman/Why I created PAKman a build system based on Alpine packages using Elixir programming language.Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT