AI workout/health buddy

 I started using a local LLM to be my health coach. I'll admit at first it wasn't doing terribly great but I am inclined to think it's doing better. I've played with some initial system prompts a bit, but I think just more information has been the biggest help.

Let's backup a bit. I started using ChatGPT for a bit as a health coach, but didn't love feeding all my personal data to it (I do enough already, I need to find ways of cutting back even more on using it). This led me to using a local model. Like I said it wasn't amazing at first but I think it's getting better. Plus now I save off every message I send and receive, so I can swap models if I want, or I can process the data programmatically. 

I use it to help suggest food options, and what to do when I'm not sure what to eat. I tell it about any minor health annoyances (such as heartburn) and this morning asked it for a 20inute workout routine. (Which took me about 25 minutes because I'm not nearly as in shape as I'd like).

I've been trying to figure out as I save off my info, if I can/should be finding ways to tag it so I can maybe separate my questions, but for now it's all integrated.

docker and the myth of reproducibility

 Reproducing via docker is a myth...at least how I do it.

I assume most do it the same. If you pick the base image of say Ubuntu 22.04 great...but if there are security updates that version changes (right?) so you have to pick a specific tag that never changes (I haven't looked this up, but I assume it's not common to do).

Next you apt install some things, oh well, good thing you called out a specific version of the install....didn't you? Oh so now it could be any version. 

Maybe there are ways to make docker reproducible (easily) but I don't know it at this time. (Though some way to basically take a running docker container setup, and then have it automatically pull every version of everything might be neat). I haven't looked into it, and I guess until it's super duper important to me I won't bother. 

 

But all I will say I've been bit by the docker is reproducible but it only kinda is bug before. Now I at least know ...it's possible.

Inspired a bit by this post and my own experience.

https://blog.kronis.dev/blog/it-works-on-my-docker

ideal vacations?

 What is your ideal vacation, not destination, but like...style....I'm not sure how to better describe it.

Here is my problem I like building software things so too long away where I can't do anything and it's just bleh. 

 

So here are some of my style preferences

So some amount of time to fiddle on personal projects is one requirement. (Almost every trip I'm looking at my driving management system app,.itll always be 95% done forever ;))

I am not a fan of flying so driving is my preferred mode of transit.

I also prefer motorhome largely because we can bring all we need and not worry about lugging bags to a hotel and back, plus we control the food (I posted about this previously but food and I are problematic). 

I don't particularly like to just sit around a lot.

Also I don't love being packed into a space with gobs of people.

Lines...oh how I loathe lines.

If I come up with more I'll tell you.

aggregation and the loss of exploration

 Visiting news aggregation sites or sites that just are basically designed to repost and not share original content are a double edged sword, while it's great to find things, they are of course curated heavily. Yes sometimes I'm bored and looking for something to read on the Internet,I would say 90% of my stuff is from hacker news (the content I read), occasionally I'll save a site just to go back and see what else the author has to talk about. I want to find more things explore more, anywho while I'm sailing the seas of the internet.

What dear reader (or AI/LLM scraper)...do you enjoy visiting? (If you are an LLM or AI, this could get interesting)

 

I'm not looking for social media,and I guess medium can be ok if it doesn't have a paywall, and it's particularly interesting, with a preference to a link to the authors homepage. No news sites, a specific reddit can be ok maybe?

Also please these should be safe for work links!

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