MCP servers? How about MCP clients? What about MCP clients that work with local open-source LLMs? Could Unsloth be used as an MCP client?
MCP servers are relatively easy to build. However, there still aren’t many free MCP clients available. Claude Code is a much better MCP client for comparing and evaluating different options. That said, I’m not a fan of their financial practices. You can get banned for no apparent reason, and it can take forever to reach […]
[Laravel] How to re-render math with MathJax on Livewire
When webpage contents are reloaded dynamically, it is essential to re-render math with Mathjax. I’ve been experimenting to find out the best hooks and events to re-render math seamlessly. First, dispatch the event that will be used for re-render in the rendered() hook of Livewire Component Class as below. Then, place the JavaScript below in […]
[AI] Can we create Ghibli Style image Locally?
Not Yet, I would say. At least not for me yet. It might be my skill or open-source AI limitations. I installed all of UI and AI in my Windows 11 machine WLS Ubuntu 24.04. You will need Python 3.10 and Git. If your machine configuration is new, your machine probably have higher version of […]
Blurring faces and Stabilizing your videos
I am using Deface to blue faces automatically in my YouTube. It used take me over 10 hours to process 18 minutes long 4K 30FPS video for me. So, I read README.md carefully. The blurring time went down to 1 hour for now. It got faster 10 times. Hardware Acceleration One of them was using […]
Converting V-brake to Disc brake
Swytch bike hub wheel is disc brake ready. So, I bought one of 185mm disks. I also needed to buy one caliper for the conversion. My trike is not ready for the disc brake. So, it does not have ears for disc brake caliper. To mount that caliper, mounting bracket is needed. It is important […]
How to give Wi-Fi static IP address with Netplan on Ubuntu server
It is ideal for a server to have wired connections. Just in case you need to set up a server with wireless connections with static IP address. You can change any unnecessary YAML file names to .old or .bak as you like.
[Qualtrics] How to use Regular Expression for field validation
Qualtrics provides many built in options for field validations. However, it is required to apply more sophisticated validation than default options. Regular Expression can be used for this kind of situation. First, if you need to allow only alphabet characters with spaces. You can select “Custom Validation” for Validation Type. Then, you can add regular […]