Personal Journal.
If you want to know Graziano as a person before knowing him as an engineer, you are in the right place.
Friday, 27 July 2024 05:00 PM
This week has been a bit strange: I've been confined at home for recovery after a fairly invasive operation. I thought to myself: why not take advantage of this time to get back to writing some code and maybe study something new? I have to say, I missed getting my hands dirty. I did a few things, but the most noteworthy was a Proof of Concept (PoC) on using large language models (LLMs) to simplify web scraping processes and logic. Specifically, the PoC focused on applications of LLMs for scraping Call for Papers (CFP) data from event websites. I named the PoC speaker-os. I wrote a simple CLI tool using Python and Mistral as the model. I must say, it was fun and opened up a whole new world of applications for these new technologies. I increasingly miss diving into new experiments, and this longing is becoming more significant; sooner or later, it will probably be the variable that will steer my career again. Paranoia and reflections aside, LLMs will surely be a subject of further study in the future, too much fun!
Friday, 19 July 2024 02:00 PM
Let's start this journal, and I promise this entry will be a bit longer than the ones to come. This project arises from the need to tell my story and reflect on myself, both in terms of work and personal life. These are contents written by me for me; I do not have the presumption of reaching as many people as possible, but only myself. This journal is a means of introspection where I can let my thoughts flow like a stream of consciousness, without paying too much attention to what I write and how I write it. So, let's start by answering a handful of seemingly simple questions that I generally struggle to find an answer to. Who am I? Well, I am fundamentally a tech enthusiast in all its facets. I never graduated; I immediately started getting my hands dirty in the field and have explored various roles over the years: from purely technical, to managerial and leadership positions, to dissemination. A problem of mine? Well, reconciling impostor syndrome with hunger and ambition. This brings us to the last question: Who do I want to be? I am not sure, I hope this introspective experiment will help me figure it out.