From 80244e2d88fcb9e3c6ab017cdcfd043e6a9dd762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vato007 <contact@michaelpivato.dev>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:02:27 +1030
Subject: [PATCH] Update hobby projects, fix grammar in hobby projects

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 index.html | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 69a96ed..da4e9cc 100644
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+++ b/index.html
@@ -267,29 +267,39 @@
           <p>
             Over the years I've hacked away at various personal projects. My
             preference is always to build, run and host applications locally,
-            which includes this page!
+            however I have come around to cloud services for public-facing
+            resources, such as CloudFlare, which is used to host this page!
           </p>
           <p>
-            Recently my interesets have shifted slightly to large machine
-            learning models, and have messed around with Stable Diffusion
-            (mainly with
-            <a href="https://github.com/invoke-ai">Invoke AI</a>) and Large
-            Language Models such as the
-            <a href="https://llama.meta.com">Llama</a> family. I have also
-            trained/finetuned LLMs in the past (BERT), however this has been
-            outside of my capability recently due to the growth in parameters.
+            I have used AI/ML in the past, as seen in my own Depth Prediction
+            implementation, and LLMs, where I fine-tuned BERT to perform Named
+            Entity Recognition, however recent models have gotten too large to
+            train at home. I also use local LLMs in LM Studio, to provide basic
+            information and coding assistance when learning a new framework.
+            Recently my interesets have shifted to designing applications that
+            can maximise throughput for large datasets and minimise response
+            time for queries/charts. I'm currently reading
+            <a
+              href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-data-intensive-applications/9781491903063/"
+              >Designing Data-Intensive Applications</a
+            >
+            to facilitate improvements in the Ingey project once core
+            implemetation is complete.
           </p>
           <p>
-            Finally I've thoroughly enjoyed writing in Rust, mainly the
-            efficiency, ease of use and correctness that come from using this
-            programming language. One example was in the
+            Finally I've enjoyed writing new applications in Rust; the
+            efficiency, ease of use and correctness have been fantastic. One
+            example is in the
             <a href="https://gitea.michaelpivato.dev/vato007/ingey">Ingey</a>
-            project, where I reduced the time taken for processing some demo
-            data on the costing product from ~1.5 hours to ~7 seconds on a
-            laptop/desktop, or ~36 seconds on a smartphone. This was mainly due
-            to not using SQL Server, and using a custom algorithm in overhead
-            allocation that significantly reduced memory consumption and the
-            number of required calculations.
+            project, where I reduced the time to perform reciprocal accounting
+            on a costing product from ~1.5 hours to ~7 seconds on a
+            laptop/desktop, or ~36 seconds on a smartphone. This was due to
+            avoiding non-bulk inserts into a relational database, and using a
+            custom algorithm in overhead allocation that significantly reduced
+            memory consumption and the number of required calculations. The
+            optimisations applied by Rust in release mode also had a significant
+            impact on performance, and is what facilitated easy deployment to an
+            iOS application.
           </p>
           <hgroup id="bufpiv">
             <h3>Buf Piv</h3>
@@ -300,10 +310,10 @@
             </p>
           </hgroup>
           <p>
-            This is a tauri application that makes it easy to edit json files
-            conforming to a protobuf definition. It works as a standalone
-            desktop application for the most complete experience, with browser
-            support to show tauri's versatility as well.
+            This is a Tauri + Angular application that makes it easy to edit
+            json files conforming to a protobuf definition. It works as a
+            standalone desktop application for the most complete experience,
+            with browser support to show Tauri's versatility as well.
           </p>
           <p>
             A browser demo is available at
@@ -319,7 +329,7 @@
             This project originally involved communication between a Raspberry
             Pi and a Traxxas Slash using the Pi's GPIO to control the steering
             and throttle of the RC Car. This was mounted on some 3D printed
-            brackets.The steering and throttle are set using an iPhone/Android
+            brackets. The steering and throttle are set by an iPhone/Android
             application connected over WiFi.
           </p>
           <p>Over time this worked as a base to explore other ideas, namely:</p>
@@ -341,8 +351,8 @@
           <p>
             Recently there have been efforts to port the backend to Rust, with
             the 2D Lidar sensing and control completed. The Python BreezySLAM
-            implementation is currently unfinished, mainly due to distractions
-            from other projects
+            implementation is currently unfinished, mainly due to work on other
+            projects
           </p>
           <hgroup id="depthprediction">
             <h3>Depth Prediction</h3>