Category: Machine Learning
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A (very) brief history of LMMs
Large Multimodal Model (LMM): A large-scale model consisting of multiple modalities, typically a mixture of image processing and generation models, combined with a Large Language Model (LLM). See Chip Huyen’s post for a great dive into the concepts: Multimodality and Large Multimodal Models (LMMs). Update 10th July 2025 This is a quick addition to my…
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The question that just will not die 💀😮💨
Please excuse the lengthy rant but I got nerd sniped at work today and need to finish getting something off my chest. “When will we be able to replace programmers?” You see, every so often this idea comes back around, usually because of some new visual code generator tech. Obviously it’s current run is down…
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Simple Linear Regression in Power Query
Some Background I’ve been doing some work setting up a custom work item tracking process in Azure DevOps to support our current way of delivering change. Azure Boards doesn’t really support the sort of customisations we require and so I’ve broken most of the usual Agile tools such as the burndown charts. As a result…
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Demystifying AI – The AI explosion
This is an article I had originally written as part of a stream of work that has now been put on hold indefinitely. I thought it a shame for it to languish in OneNote. What’s with all this attention to Artificial Intelligence then? Well that is a very good question. To be perfectly frank, not…
Stephen Roughley - A Common Developer 