A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
I did a workshop titled “Back to Basics: Build Your Own LLM from Scratch” at IITM/Paradox 2026, which kind of included some basic theory on how a transformer works, and then building a very small LLM. The idea was to demystify an LLM (or transformer) by understanding what goes on and then building...
We have updated Uma’s playlist on her radio. It’s no baby rhymes now. It has carefully selected songs. Currently, U2026 has songs from Kannada, Malayalam, English, and Italian. I have heard all of them and read lyrics as well to make sure it’s friendly. It is tough to filter out songs for toddlers,...
If you are a tiny business wo/man, there are literally no easy payment products to sell online. They all need registration, KYC, complex setups, etc. This is even when you have a valid bank account. There are also platform and transaction fees. In such scenarios, I see most people receive money on UPI...
I generated this podcast a week back using Google’s NotebookLM based on my Twenty Years of Engineering Practice blog post. Before I publish it here, I wanted to check what my friends and colleagues thought about it. Most thought it was an actual podcast discussing my article. They also thought it had a...
I asked ChatGPT this question. So I can explain a kid. Since the adult world is so confused(??) and debating, I thought the focus should be on children.
I have been using ChatGPT as my intern/assistant for the last few weeks. This is my early report as to how it’s doing as my intern or assistant.
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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