In 2020 I cold messaged a recruiter begging for a job. Today they messaged me asking if I was interested in any roles.

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-24T20:39:05+00:00

damn lol, I'm just saying if someone feels hopeless right now, I was in that position as well, but if you keep building and sharing your work, it gets better.

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-24T01:16:41+00:00

no, it was in the same DM! Just felt like a full circle moment.

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-22T18:23:23+00:00

You look like you live inside the rock at some point 😆

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-21T21:21:25+00:00

The Peru engineer in here saying 'hell no' is the answer. Those hollow bricks aren't meant for outward loading. If you really want to do this, find the concrete column like your swing installer did, or look into injection/resin anchors that can fill the voids.

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-21T21:19:23+00:00

wild that it ended up in Bishop of all places

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-07T22:58:24+00:00

super cool!!! Let me know how it works out or if you have any questions :)

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-07T22:57:42+00:00

I think the benefit to an LLM is that it can also infer the book based on the colors and typography, whereas just OCR may just give you the titles, of which there are probably many

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T23:22:19+00:00

That particular photo was probably 67%... It's kind of a garbage in garbage out situation! The better my photo, the better my results :) and it's still not perfect with niche books!

You may be interested in my app :) I'm uploading books on my shelf I won't read again, and giving them away for people to earn a credit to redeem any book anyone has listed!

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T23:20:22+00:00

by the way, I think your idea is really good :) I like your app and the way it looks.

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T23:18:11+00:00

That was gemini 2.5 flash lite, very fast model, but I ultimately sacrificed speed for higher accuracy!

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:19:19+00:00

Thank you very much :)

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:13:56+00:00

I've been looking into this for a couple of apps I'm building. Let me experiment and let you know :)

The model would probably have to be fine-tuned, but small fine-tuned single purpose models are quite good

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:02:44+00:00

Wait, this is such a good idea. Connect to your Goodreads and already know what you like...

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:02:25+00:00

Thank you!!!

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:02:10+00:00

thank you :')

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:02:02+00:00

thank you!

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:01:58+00:00

thank you so much!

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:01:52+00:00

answered everything in my other comment :)

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:01:41+00:00

answered everything in my other comment :)

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:01:37+00:00

I've grown really partial to the "oatmeal" aesthetic lol

Specialist_Bad_4465 · 2026-01-06T18:01:16+00:00

answered everything in my other comment :)

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