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Introduction

I took a bit of a break, summer is a bit of a busy time, schedules are a bit up in the air.

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I took a break and coded up a hospital REST API (simulated) for clinical trials, trying out the new vibe coding kings and queens of modern day tech: Lovable and Base44, flirted with a mental wellness startup for a few months, got picked up by two other startups that I am pretty excited about and took on a few job interviews. Got an offer at one and we are negotiating the comp right now - not yet confirmed. We were going to move back to the US this summer but the cards said no. Every American we talked to said that the US is not a great place to be right now.

Attended the AI Dev conference last week hosted by the Linux Foundation and am inspired! I love the Linux Foundation! The best talks and workshops that I have attended, it was just really meaty with real content instead of fluff. I am inspired enough to pick up my chatbot implementation and finish it today.

What I am doing next:

• journaling chatbot lessons learned before I forget them.
• replicating a facial recognition model that I saw in AI Dev to recognize sarcasm - video and text.
• replicating a demo that I saw in AI Dev to use Docker Hub to deploy agents.

Published on 9/4/2025