Gianluca Truda

Become Stronger. Defy Nature. Have Fun.

Weeknotes: Gigabucks, burning my Mac's GPU, and Karpathy's lament

Week 41 of 2024, Week 9 of RC.

14 Oct 2024 · 8 min · Gianluca Truda

DevLog: llmpossible

How I built a command-line LLM on Apple Silicon for RC’s ‘Impossible Stuff Day’

8 Oct 2024 · 21 min · Gianluca Truda

Weeknotes: Shader art, links, and assorted ponderings

Week 40 of 2024, Week 8 of RC.

6 Oct 2024 · 8 min · Gianluca Truda

Weeknotes: Second half of RC, falling leaves, and turning off the copilot

Week 39 of 2024, Week 7 of RC.

27 Sep 2024 · 4 min · Gianluca Truda

Weeknotes: Continuing at RC, a new game, and epic links

I started writing weeknotes as part of learning generously when I started at Recurse. But the distinction between Recurse and non-Recurse has increasingly blurred and I’d like to continue making weeknotes after I never graduate. To that end, I’m trying out a new format for my weeknotes. Tell me what you think! See previous weeknotes via the weeknotes tag. Updates Decided to extend to a 12-week batch at the Recurse Center....

20 Sep 2024 · 6 min · Gianluca Truda

RC Weeknotes 05

Week 5 of Recurse: Move fast and make games.

16 Sep 2024 · 5 min · Gianluca Truda

What OpenAI's o1 really means

The AGI is dead. Long live the AGI.

16 Sep 2024 · 6 min · Gianluca Truda

AImong Us: a reverse Turing Test game

Can you outwit a gang of LLMs?

14 Sep 2024 · 3 min · Gianluca Truda

Make games people play

What Paul Graham doesn’t tell you about delighting 7 year olds.

14 Sep 2024 · 3 min · Gianluca Truda

RC Weeknotes 04

Week 4 of Recurse: Rust, AI tips, TDD, and finally cooking with gas!

9 Sep 2024 · 5 min · Gianluca Truda