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Erika Heidi
@erikaheidi.bsky.social
✍🏻 Tech Writer / DevRel
🎨 Hobbyist 3D Designer (NomadSculpt, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD)
🇧🇷 Original do Brasil
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Fresh content I *had* to write in order to consolidate this demo in my mind. Here I shared my recent experiment of running llama.cpp with open source LLMs on a Raspberry Pi for image descriptions.

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Running Open Source LLMs on a Raspberry Pi 5 with Llama.cpp - eheidi.dev
Learn how to set up a Raspberry Pi 5 to run open source LLMs in your local network using Llama.cpp
eheidi.dev
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Next Thursday I'll be sharing my experiments with the Raspberry Pi running Chainguard OS / Wolfi 🎉
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yeah I know, I am also tired of hearing about AI. But as it turns out, if we let corporate greed drive the future of it, we'll be in trouble. The future of AI must have massive oss community involvement - not talking about prompt engineering and vibe coding, but actually finding legit use cases.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
That's definitely not how I imagined "the largest web ever found" 😬 also is that the dark web irl
i'll take your word for it
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way.
In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When I started coding PHP 20+ y ago, there was no dependency management, and no GitHub (even Git itself was just released in 2005). Reusing other people's code was a matter of downloading some zip file from PHPClasses and hoping for the best. Those were wild times, but stakes were also much lower.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I've been a fan of Material for MkDocs since I was introduced to it through the stucco #powershell module. The stale upstream MkDocs community represented a lot of risk through, so the Material team have introduced a new SSG I'm excited to try. Faster builds and better live previews are 💪
Zensical – a modern static site generator.

We're excited to release @zensical.org, our new SSG that is compatible with Material for MkDocs:

– 5x faster rebuilds
– Modern design
– Blazing-fast search

Read the full announcement on our blog:
squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-mater...

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Zensical - A modern static site generator - Material for MkDocs
We are thrilled to announce Zensical, our next-gen static site generator that addresses and overcomes the technical limitations of MkDocs
squidfunk.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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"who radicalized you"

Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Tech writer friends: Are any of you currently looking for work? If so, check this out.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
E foi criando esse short que eu descobri a versão heavy metal de Avôhai!

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Brazilian Carranca! #3dprinting #3ddesign #thearmypainter #art #brasil
YouTube video by Heidi Designs
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Everything I designed, 3D printed, and painted in October!

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Everything I printed and painted in October 2025
YouTube video by Heidi Designs
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November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I don’t think Ai will take your job

But the budget spent on it, the cap ex, that could make you redundant or get you paid less

As will the data already out there on what you use it for, what they can provide instead of paying you. Think on that.
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Feeling very Dutch now, just sent my first ever Tikkie
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Uma síntese bem esclarecedora sobre a evolução do pentecostalismo no Brasil.

É um projeto feroz de poder que vem sendo subestimado ao longo das 3 últimas décadas.
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It's Halloween week!!! 🤘🏻💀🎸

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3D design timelapse: a skull for Halloween 💀
YouTube video by Heidi Designs
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October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Be determined when creating a piece of art and passionate about painting of art and craft
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A gold ceremony to remember
There are those moments in life you know already from the start are going to be the rare once in a lifetime events. This evening was one of those times. On a dark and wet autumn Friday afternoon my entire family and me dressed up to the most fancy level you can expect and took at taxi to the Stockholm City Hall. Anja my wife and my kids Agnes and Rex. Rex, Agnes, Daniel, Anja. The Stenberg family. This was the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Science’s (IVA) 106th _Högtidssammankomst_ (“festive gathering”) since its founding in 1919. Being one the four gold medal recipients of the night our family got a special dedicated person assigned to us who would help us “maneuver” the venue and agenda. Thanks Linus! In the _golden hall_ me and Anja took a seat in our reserved seats in the front row as the almost 700 other guests slowly entered and filled up every last available chair. The other guests were members of the Academy or special invitees, ministers, the speaker of the parliament etc. All in tail coats, evening dresses and the likes to conform with the dress code of the night. The Golden Hall before people arrived The golden hall is named after its golden colored walls, all filled up with paintings of Swedish historic figures contributing to a pompous and important atmosphere and spirit. _This is the kind of room you want to get awards in._ Part of the program in this golden hall was the gold medal awards ceremony. After having showed short two-minute videos of each of the awardees and our respective deeds and accomplishments on the giant screen in the front of the room, us awardees were called to the stage. The video shown about me and curl. Swedish with subtitles Three gold medals and one large gold medal were handed out to my fellow awardees and myself this year. Carl-Henric Svanberg received the _large_ gold medal. Mats Danielsson and Helena Hedblom were awarded the gold medal. The same as I. The medals were handed to us one by one by Marcus Wallenberg. Photographer: Erik Cronberg. Marcus and me shaking hands. with Helena Hedblom on the right. Photographer: Erik Cronberg. Marcus on the left, me in the middle and Mats Danielsson behind me. In one of the agenda items in the golden hall,IVA’s CEO _Sylvia Schwaag Serger_ did a much inspiring talk about Swedish Engineering and mentioned an amazing list of feats and accomplishments done over the last year and with hope and anticipation for the future. I and curl were also mentioned in her speech. Even more humbled. The audience here were some of the top minds and Engineering brains in Sweden. Achievers and great minds. The kind of people you want appreciation from because they know a thing or two. ## Intermission A small break followed. We strolled down to the giant main hall for some drinks. The blue hall, which is somewhat famous to anyone who ever watched the Nobel Prize banquets. Several people told me the story that the original intent was for the walls to be blue, but… The blue hall that isn’t very blue Projecting patterns on the walls ## Banquet At about 19:00, me and Anja had to sneak up a floor again together with crowd of others who were seated on that main long table you can see on the photo above. Table 1. On the balcony someone mentioned I should wear the prize. So with some help I managed to get it around my neck. It’s not a bad feeling I can tell you. Daniel, wearing the IVA gold medal. As everyone else in the hall had found their ways to their seats, we got to do a slow procession walking down the big wide stairs down into the main hall and find our ways to our seats. Then followed a most wonderful three-course meal. I had excellent table neighbor company and we had a lively and interesting conversation all through the dinner. There were a few welcome short interruptions in the form of speeches and music performances. A most delightful dinner. After the final apple tart was finished, there was coffee and more drinks served upstairs again, as the golden hall had apparently managed to transition while we ate downstairs. Disco(?) in the golden hall When the clock eventually approached midnight the entire Stenberg family walked off into the night and went home. A completely magical night was over but it will live on in my mind and head for a long time. Thank you to every single one involved. ## The medal The medal has an image of Prometus on the front side, and _Daniel Stenberg 2025_ engraved on the back side. On the back it also says the name of the Academy and _för framstående gärning_ , for outstanding achievement. A medal to be proud of. In the box Front side Back side Of course I figured this moment in time also called for a graph. Gold medals for curl over time
daniel.haxx.se
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Treating children with autonomy and love and respect is the most rewarding thing on the planet because then you get to BE FAMILY WITH EXTREMELY COOL PEOPLE
October 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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tecnologia na mão de tech bro: uma gastação de água em data center pra gerar a imagem mais feia já vista

tecnologia na mão de uma comunidade diversa: soluções reais para problemas reais, com impactos reais
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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No reading, no writing, no learning
"what does it mean to ‘learn how to use ChatGPT’? What are you teaching them? Copying and pasting the output of a chatbot? My advice would be to teach them how computers work, how to code, how to think about the processes behind all this”
apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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March 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Sorry but I do not think people in their teens and early 20s have the emotional and spiritual fortitude to withstand the scrutiny of being internet influencers. I keep seeing stories of these young people dying early or ending up completely mentally distraught. This is an unnatural way to live.
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I'm still making my way through this, but it deserves a share for anyone concerned about AI in academic classrooms.
Last one, all my ideas and articles collected bsky.app/profile/oliv...
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai

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October 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM