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1. Awesome Webxr

Content Hubs / Reddit

• PICO Browser Start Page - The default start page for PICO Browser.

• Wolvic Start Page - The default start page for the Wolvic browser.

2. Awesome Connectivity Info

Periodic Global Connectivity Reports

• GSMA - State of Mobile Internet Connectivity (2023) (2022) (2020) (2019) (2018)

3. Awesome Db Tools

Monitoring/Statistics/Perfomance / Samples

• Metis - Metis provides observability and performance tuning for SQL databases.

4. Awesome Azure Openai Llm

The Problem with RAG

• The Problem with RAG
  1. A question is not semantically similar to its answers. Cosine similarity may favor semantically similar texts that do not contain the answer.
  2. Semantic similarity gets diluted if the document is too long. Cosine similarity may favor short documents with only the relevant information.
  3. The information needs to be contained in one or a few documents. Information that requires aggregations by scanning the whole data.

Vector Database Comparison / Vector Database Options for Azure

• azure-vector-db-python\vector-db-in-azure-native.ipynb: sample code for vector databases in azure

Semantic Kernel / Semantic Function

• Semantic Function - expressed in natural language in a text file "skprompt.txt" using SK's Prompt Template language (⭐21k). Each semantic function is defined by a unique prompt template file, developed using modern prompt engineering techniques. cite (⭐21k)

Semantic Kernel / Semantic Kernel Glossary

• Glossary in Git (⭐21k) / Glossary in MS Doc

  

  Term	Short Description
  ASK	A user's goal is sent to SK as an ASK
  Kernel	The kernel orchestrates a user's ASK
  Planner	The planner breaks it down into steps based upon resources that are available
  Resources	Planning involves leveraging available skills, memories, and connectors
  Steps	A plan is a series of steps for the kernel to execute
  Pipeline	Executing the steps results in fulfilling the user's ASK

Prompt Guide & Leaked prompts / Prompt Template Language

• Azure OpenAI Prompt engineering techniques

• OpenAI Prompt example

• OpenAI Best practices for prompt engineering

Survey on Large Language Models / GPT series release date

• Picked out the list by [cited by count] and used [survey] as a search keyword. The papers on a specific topic are included even if few [cited by count].

5. Mind Expanding Books

Education

• Name: Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

  Author: Jim Kwik

  Goodreads Rating: 4.09

  Year Published: 2020

Health / Miscellaneous

• Name: Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

  Author: Lisa Mosconi

  Goodreads Rating: 3.92

  Year Published: 2018

• Name: Super Human: The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever

  Author: Dave Asprey

  Goodreads Rating: 3.86

  Year Published: 2019

6. Awesome Board Games

Strategy

Ambush!

Ambush! is a strategy board game developed by Avalon Hill, known for its innovative approach to single-player gameplay in the wargaming genre. Released in 1983, it broke away from the traditional requirement of two players by allowing a solo player to engage in man-to-man combat scenarios. What made Ambush! unique was its use of tables, charts, and a "paragraph book" to control the opponent's actions, eliminating the need for an opposing player. This approach kept the enemy hidden until they became visible through gameplay, enhancing the element of surprise and realism. While it allowed for multiple players to participate by controlling different squads or soldiers, the complexity of scenario creation often required players to purchase expansion modules. Ambush! is a strategy game that offers an engaging and challenging experience for players seeking tactical warfare simulations.

7. Awesome Selfhosted

Software / File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing

• Deluge - Lightweight, cross-platform BitTorrent client. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python/deb

Software / Manufacturing

• CNCjs - A web-based interface for CNC milling controller running Grbl, Smoothieware, or TinyG. (Source Code (⭐2.3k)) MIT Nodejs

• Fluidd - Lightweight & responsive user interface for Klipper, the 3D printer firmware. (Source Code (⭐1.4k)) GPL-3.0 Docker/Nodejs

• Mainsail - A modern and responsive user interface for the Klipper 3D printer firmware. Control and monitor your printer from everywhere, from any device. (Source Code (⭐1.7k)) GPL-3.0 Docker/Python

• Octoprint - A snappy web interface for controlling consumer 3D printers. (Source Code (⭐8.2k)) AGPL-3.0 Docker/Python

Software / Recipe Management

• Specifically Clementines - Grocery shopping app (previously Groceries), providing reliable sync with multiple users/devices (web/Android/iOS), recipes and integration with Tandoor. (Demo, Source Code (⭐215)) MIT Docker

8. Free for Dev

Web Hosting

• Bohr — Free for non commercial projects + Developer-First Deployment and Development Platform that minimizes infrastructure hassle and speed up setup.

9. Awesome Angular

Tailwind CSS Based / Google Developer Experts

• Flowbite - Open-source UI components built with Tailwind CSS with support for Angular.

UX Components / Google Developer Experts

• Zoom Image Library - A little yet powerful framework agnostic headless-library to zoom image on the web.

10. Free Programming Books (English, By Subjects)

Machine Learning

• The Little Book of Deep Learning - François Fleuret (PDF)

Professional Development

• How to Stand Out as a Software Engineer (⭐5) - Landry Monga (PDF)

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