December of 2024 marked the end of what was a very intense year for me, professionally. Despite slowing down at the end of the month to rest and reflect on everything that happened in the year, I was able to attend one of my favorite events in person, release several versions of my most recent personal project and reach significant milestones in personal studies.
Here is a summary of it all.
Achievements
TDC 2024-6 Porto Alegre
The Porto Alegre edition of The Developer's Conference (TDC) of this year took place between days 4 and 5 of December, at the usual location of Uniritter's campus. I have written several times about how I always try to attend each edition, and to be onsite whenever there is a Porto Alegre edition. This year was no different.
Though this edition had a smaller, more focused approach with less tracks and talks, it was still a very nice experience to be there. Reconnecting with colleagues, meeting new people and sharing ideas is always amazing. I have written a blog post about attending this edition, Event: The Developer's Conference 2024-6.
Chargen releases
Chargen is my second personal project focused on exploring generative AI capabilities. In December, I made three new releases of it:
- 1.1.0: added several CLI options on startup to configure things such as server ports, model and temperature to be used.
- 1.2.0: added streaming text when creating character biography instead of waiting until entire biography is complete before displaying on view, as well some improvements to UX by blocking certain actions when they should not occur.
- 1.3.0: changed main view to group character infos into a form section, as well as several minor improvements to code quality.
With these releases, I consider the initial scope I wanted to have for Chargen completed. I might make new releases for bug fixes or small improvements, but for now I will shift my main development focus to a new project.
Personal Studies
With regards to my personal studies habit, I reached milestones for both career and hobby studies.
For career, I picked up a new book to study. I chose The Captain Class, by Sam Walker. I have been interested in leadership for several years now, and I found the premise of the book interesting. Also, it discusses in depth several of my sports idols, so it should also be a fun ready, in addition to its insightfulness.
For hobby, I finished Brave New Words, by Sal Khan. While not as impactful as the one I had read previously, CoIntelligence, I thought Brave New Words went well beyond the general perception of it being merely an advertisement stint for Khanmigo (Khan Academy's AI tutor system). It contained a lot of heartfelt and insightful analyses and ideas. I am not sure yet if I will take the time to write a full review of it, but I certainly recommend it to anyone who is interested in how AI will continue to shape our future.
Plans for next month
For January, my expectation is to start slowly and gradually pick up speed for the year. I should be choosing a new book for my hobby studies to continue on from Brave New Words, this time most likely not being something AI-specific (though that is still to be defined).
Other than that, I will start working on the third project in the First Steps Into AI Engineering series, hopefully having the initial release within the month. But for this one I want to take more time and do something a little more polished than Chargen was, as I think its use case is stronger and more useful.
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