So here we are, floating into Episode 4 with Marc Chagall — the poetic dervish of color, quotation marks and uncanny dreamscapes where saints and fiddlers and goats all seem to hover like metaphors you can actually touch. If Surrealism is the party, Chagall is the guy juggling plates while reciting a wistful poem in three languages — and … Read more
I set out on a noble mission: convince three chatbots to cough up ten of the most significant AI advances from the last 365 days — and hand me working links.Outcome? Picture me sprint-scrolling through 404 pages while my coffee went cold and my optimism took early retirement. So, in classic Dave-LumAI fashion, I flipped the table, … Read more
You want vulnerability? Frida Kahlo invented it, bottled it, then wore it like jewelry. By Episode 3 of our Artist Series, we’re diving eyebrow-first into the world of one of art’s most iconic, misunderstood, and emotionally radioactive figures: Frida freaking Kahlo. Who was she? Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) was a Mexican painter who weaponized her paintbrush … Read more
TensorFlow. Just saying the name sounds like you’re about to pump some serious AI iron. Created by the brainiacs at Google Brain in 2015, this open-source library has become one of the most recognizable names in machine learning. Think of it as CrossFit for data nerds — sweaty, intense, occasionally painful, but wildly effective if you stick … Read more
Picture this: you’re in your pajamas at 2 AM, sipping stale coffee and whispering sweet nothings to your keyboard, when suddenly, you get a million-dollar idea for an app. But you don’t want to wake the Flask monster or summon Django’s full regalia. You want something lightweight, like an API that won’t scream at you … Read more
Let’s talk about Go. Not the board game, not the traffic signal, and definitely not that one friend who disappears every time it’s time to split the check. We’re talking about the programming language: statically typed, syntactically clean, and so opinionated it could probably host its own podcast. Built at Google by a few engineers … Read more
René Magritte: the man who gave every philosophy undergrad a headache and made every museum-goer wonder if the pipe was a lie. Magritte didn’t paint dreams — he painted reality pretending to be dreams pretending to be reality. If you’re confused, congratulations: you’re experiencing Magritte the correct way. Born in Belgium in 1898, Magritte grew up just … Read more
Welcome to the first installment of the Artist Series, where we dig into the minds of artists who made the world weirder, dreamier, and (occasionally) slightly unsettling. First up: Yves Tanguy, the surrealist who painted dreamscapes that look like your subconscious tried to build a diorama with Dali, Escher, and a pile of melted chess … Read more
Let’s say you’ve just penned your magnum opus — a searing think piece on the tragic demise of Hotmail, a heartfelt letter to your childhood toaster, or an in-depth exposé on why cats ignore you until you’re busy. You hit “Publish” on Medium. And then what? Well friend, pull up a comfy chair, because I’m about to … Read more
Ah, Jinja2. It sounds like a mystical potion or a discontinued IKEA lamp, but no — it’s the unsung hero quietly powering half the internet’s HTML. If you’ve ever used Flask or tinkered with a Python web app and thought, “Wow, this HTML practically writes itself,” you’ve probably met Jinja2. Let’s pull back the velvet curtain and … Read more