Weeknotes: 6 November to 10 November 2023

What I have found gripping

• The command python manage.py shell can be handy to work with the API in Django

• To run tests for a project built with Dart the following command is necessary dart test test/hello_world_test.dart

• Coding decisions require making some trade-offs

• Documenting a new deployment process before adding a build deploy performing all compilation and dependency installation saves time in the long run

What I have read

• Introduction to Dart

• Getting Started with Sentiment Analysis using Python, Federico Pascual

• Replacing frontline workers with AI can be a bad idea — here’s why, Mark Tsagas

Featured quote

“Rule-based chatbots have the potential to reach large populations at low cost in providing information and simple interactions but are limited in understanding and responding appropriately to unanticipated user responses”. — Mark Tsagas

What I have watched

Sentiment analysis Python demo using Colab, Hugging Face

Further reading and resources

In English

• Which companies are working on LLMs and ChatGPT alternatives? Ben Kosma

In French

• La musique des Beatles, une longue histoire d’amour avec la technologie, Jadey O'Regan (Maîtresse de conférences en musique contemporaine, Sydney Conservatorium of Music) & Paul (Mac) McDermott (Maître de conférences en musique contemporaine, Sydney Conservatorium of Music)

Thanks for reading Sandra’s Weeknotes!