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[soviet.recipes]
Digitizing "The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food" - a Soviet-era cookbook that survived an empire's collapse, an ocean crossing, and decades as a family heirloom. Using OCR, vision-language models, and document processing pipelines to extract data from 224 high-resolution book page images.
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An extensible tool for extracting transaction data from PDF bank and credit card statements. Find exactly which vendors to update when your card is lost, stolen, or expires.
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Kiro SDLC Toolkit
Five Kiro Powers, two Steering files, and setup instructions for an optional Hook and MCP server, installed with one prompt. The companion toolkit for the Agentic AI SDLC guide.
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This Is Not Bogdan
A reflection on identity, representation, and the tension between the digital self and the real self in an age of AI and algorithmic personas.
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The US Economy, Week of Oct 12-16, 2026: Where the Cycle Stands
The US economy stays mid-to-late cycle. Oil pushed headline inflation to 3.7%, the Fed raised rates to 4.00%, and no recession signal has triggered.
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Broadcom's Hock Tan, the Shovel Seller, Calls AI Investors Gamblers
Broadcom's Hock Tan called AI investors casino gamblers and kept his own AI revenue guidance. He also warned that capital may become scarce sooner than chips.
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AI is Magic: Resisting the Pull of the Wizard's Ritual
AI use follows the same shape as historical magic: an appeal to a force nobody can audit, for personal gain, that sometimes ends badly.
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