Notes on figuring out how to work with LLMs, from someone still figuring it out

Introduction

Every experience teaches you something. The only question is what.

Notes from my first job: research, teams, and the things that actually mattered

Things I Learned in 3.5 Years at my first job

A little bit of slope makes up for a lot of y-intercept

Control Wipro smart plugs programmatically using TinyTuya and the Tuya IoT platform, with an example battery-based charging automation script.

Automating Wipro Smart Plugs with TinyTuya

Set up instant, end-to-end encrypted Obsidian note syncing across all your devices using a self-hosted CouchDB server exposed via a Cloudflare Tunnel.

Self-Hosting Obsidian Live Sync with Cloudflare Tunnels

Guide for downloading HTML presentations as PDF files using DeckTape.

Converting HTML Presentations to PDF with DeckTape

How to configure a Jupyter notebook server to start automatically at system boot using systemd.

Creating a Systemd Service for Automatic Startup

DeckTape is a high-quality PDF exporter for HTML presentations, particularly useful when the built-in PDF export functionality doesn't work properly.
### Installation Steps

1. Install NVM (Node Version Manager):
```bash
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
```

2. Install Node.js:
```bash
nvm install node
```

3. Install Chromium browser (if needed):
```bash
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
```

4. Install Chrome for Puppeteer:
```bash
npx puppeteer browsers install chrome
```

### Using DeckTape

1. Install DeckTape via npm:
```bash
npm install -g decktape
```

2. Convert a Reveal.js presentation to PDF:
```bash
npm exec decktape reveal --fragments https://iitm-pod.slides.com/arunprakash_ai/transformers-a-short-version/fullscreen dmd-dtx.pdf
```

3. For custom Chromium location:
```bash
PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium-browser npm exec decktape reveal --fragments https://iitm-pod.slides.com/arunprakash_ai/transformers-a-short-version/fullscreen lecture-1.pdf
```
### Notes  
- The `-fragments` option ensures all fragments (slide transitions) are included in the PDF
- For some Reveal.js presentations, you can simply add `?print-pdf` to the end of the URL
- DeckTape works for presentations where the built-in export fails
## References
- DeckTape GitHub repository: https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape