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re: what have you done with AI today?
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:44 pm to Chromdome35
Posted on 3/23/26 at 8:44 pm to Chromdome35
Does your company not have a standard BI tool?
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 9:24 pm to Brisketeer
Yes, Tableau & Power BI; however, due to licensing costs, they don't allow citizen development, so I can't build the dashboard I need via those toolsets. I have to wait to get cycles from the data guys.
I did get them to create a dataset I can pull via Tableau as .cvs files. I bring those into MS Access, run a bunch of SQL queries I wrote to prep the data, then bring it into Excel via an Access connector. Once in Excel, I have been doing the various analyses (pivots). It's not a massive dataset, only 400K rows across two tables (40K & 360K) that have a 1-to-many relationship. It's functional, and I can make solid decks from it, but it lacks that ease of access a more formal dashboard offers.
So I dropped the data into Claude, gave it one of my PowerPoint decks to pattern off of, and used Sonnet 4.6 Extended Thinking. Told it to use the data files to recreate the January PPT deck, but updated for February. I had to spend some time explaining the data and how it should be interpreted, but when it was understood, it cranked that deck out in minutes, and it looked great.
I then told it to generate an HTML dashboard based on a PPT, and I added a few more tabs for it to create. What it generated was unbelievable. I would love to share it here so you could see, but I like my job.
I did get them to create a dataset I can pull via Tableau as .cvs files. I bring those into MS Access, run a bunch of SQL queries I wrote to prep the data, then bring it into Excel via an Access connector. Once in Excel, I have been doing the various analyses (pivots). It's not a massive dataset, only 400K rows across two tables (40K & 360K) that have a 1-to-many relationship. It's functional, and I can make solid decks from it, but it lacks that ease of access a more formal dashboard offers.
So I dropped the data into Claude, gave it one of my PowerPoint decks to pattern off of, and used Sonnet 4.6 Extended Thinking. Told it to use the data files to recreate the January PPT deck, but updated for February. I had to spend some time explaining the data and how it should be interpreted, but when it was understood, it cranked that deck out in minutes, and it looked great.
I then told it to generate an HTML dashboard based on a PPT, and I added a few more tabs for it to create. What it generated was unbelievable. I would love to share it here so you could see, but I like my job.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 9:16 am to Chromdome35
all i have to say is, as a former cobol, pascal, basic, c, c++, lingo and flash programmer i couldn't be happier to be off the 'new language of the week' treadmill and never have to worry about not keeping up anymore.
i got dropped by that train about 20 years ago
i got dropped by that train about 20 years ago
Posted on 3/24/26 at 9:34 am to CAD703X
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all i have to say is, as a former cobol, pascal, basic, c, c++, lingo and flash programmer i couldn't be happier to be off the 'new language of the week' treadmill
Us folks that still know how to properly code and more importantly debug will become the new "cobol programmers" once all this shitty AI slop code is deployed into the wild.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 1:10 pm to jdd48
Posted on 3/25/26 at 2:32 pm to CAD703X
My brother-in-law passed away last week. For his memorial service, the person putting it all together asked that we upload to Google photos, a recent pic of him and myself together.
I had a pic of him but nothing appropriate for me so I put on a suit and asked my wife to take my pic.
It took a couple of tries to get it right but the third one looked completely natural and believable. It impressed me a lot and I uploaded it to the collection.
Immediately after his death, I uploaded his pic and had ChatGPT create an image of two angels uplifting him into the clouds with a huge grin on his face. I haven't uploaded it anywhere yet...just waiting on all the emotions to calm down.
I had a pic of him but nothing appropriate for me so I put on a suit and asked my wife to take my pic.
It took a couple of tries to get it right but the third one looked completely natural and believable. It impressed me a lot and I uploaded it to the collection.
Immediately after his death, I uploaded his pic and had ChatGPT create an image of two angels uplifting him into the clouds with a huge grin on his face. I haven't uploaded it anywhere yet...just waiting on all the emotions to calm down.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 3:32 pm to Chromdome35
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Yes, Tableau & Power BI; however, due to licensing costs, they don't allow citizen development
Sorry to hear that. This has been my background for many years, and I have always promoted access to anyone who needs it. PowerBI Pro is just $12/mo (included with E5 license) and with semantic models, everything is calculated correctly, no matter the dimensionality or timespan.
Posted on 3/26/26 at 2:56 pm to Brisketeer
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aM69uGff54ewQJzQxZVLf
Lex Fridman with OpenClaw creater Peter Steinberger, great listen.
Lex Fridman with OpenClaw creater Peter Steinberger, great listen.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 2:34 pm to Kingpenm3
This was just fun to watch. I had Claude for Chrome complete my daily duolingo lesson for me. I got a perfect score.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 7:34 pm to Kingpenm3
Just started playing around with Claude this weekend and I'm pretty impressed.
I built a custom finance dashboard for myself that gives a live status of the market with major indices, sector heat map, market sentiment, macro stats, etc.
Not much different than what you'll see on a major finance site, but the cool part is I personalized it to my situation based on my age, retirement expectations, risk tolerance, strategy, etc. It gives me a customized briefing of how I should be reacting to the market.
Then I took it a step further and gave it all of my portfolio holdings (not my actual account info but an excel sheet with my % allocations) from my brokerage accounts (e.g., 401k, Roth, etc.) and told it my strategy for each account. It gives me a briefing for each account with specific advice based on my current holdings and whats happening in the market. Its pretty specific too, it will literally say "trim this to X% and add this to your portfolio".
I also added a stock suggester that will give me 5 tickers it suggests looking into, and a "degen zone" that scans all the big degenerate sites (X, stockwits, ws bets, etc.) and shows tickers that are buzzing around the degen-sphere.
I have no clue if any of this is actually good advice, but for a few hours of work and someone who doesn't know anything about coding, its pretty damn slick.
I built a custom finance dashboard for myself that gives a live status of the market with major indices, sector heat map, market sentiment, macro stats, etc.
Not much different than what you'll see on a major finance site, but the cool part is I personalized it to my situation based on my age, retirement expectations, risk tolerance, strategy, etc. It gives me a customized briefing of how I should be reacting to the market.
Then I took it a step further and gave it all of my portfolio holdings (not my actual account info but an excel sheet with my % allocations) from my brokerage accounts (e.g., 401k, Roth, etc.) and told it my strategy for each account. It gives me a briefing for each account with specific advice based on my current holdings and whats happening in the market. Its pretty specific too, it will literally say "trim this to X% and add this to your portfolio".
I also added a stock suggester that will give me 5 tickers it suggests looking into, and a "degen zone" that scans all the big degenerate sites (X, stockwits, ws bets, etc.) and shows tickers that are buzzing around the degen-sphere.
I have no clue if any of this is actually good advice, but for a few hours of work and someone who doesn't know anything about coding, its pretty damn slick.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 9:38 pm to CAD703X
The kid was working on the Cybersecurity merit badge for scout. This is one of the requirements;
So we came up with a substitution cypher with the following rules:
He then had it encode the Scout law, “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, Reverent”
We then took the encrypted version and dropped it into gemini.
It took Gemini 4 or 5 times to accurately decode it.
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(1) Create your own encryption code, such as a substitution cipher or code book, and demonstrate using it to encrypt and decrypt a message. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of your code.
So we came up with a substitution cypher with the following rules:
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1. Convert letters to numbers: A=1, B=2, C=3, … Z=26.
2. Apply the word position rule:
Odd words (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.): Add 13 plus the letter’s position in the word.
Even words (2nd, 4th, 6th, etc.): Subtract 13 plus the letter’s position in the word.
3. Wrap around between 1 and 26 if the result goes below 1 or above 26.
If >26 ? subtract 26
If <1 ? add 26
4. Convert the resulting numbers back to letters using A=1 ? Z=26.
5. To decrypt, reverse the process:
For odd words: subtract (13 + letter position)
For even words: add (13 + letter position)
Wrap around as needed
He then had it encode the Scout law, “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, Reverent”
We then took the encrypted version and dropped it into gemini.
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O ENYDB WH FCEBBDUWXKA ZDORD TPVYNBR TGYVFWFT OZEABLUZW YXDU AMOMQLTY QWUVJYOG FSBRNAE PGQMW OWOJV FTLVJXHO
It took Gemini 4 or 5 times to accurately decode it.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:11 pm to CAD703X
Claude is changing my life. Never been this excited to work in my life. Which is ironic, because this will likely take everyone's jobs (including mine).
Currently working on a replacement for a high-priced SaaS my company relies on to process 1000s of business transactions per day.
Currently working on a replacement for a high-priced SaaS my company relies on to process 1000s of business transactions per day.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 9:20 pm
Posted on 3/31/26 at 2:40 am to Lazy But Talented
I've created an absolute ton of home assistant dashboards and automations I would have had no desire to do on my own.
It is fun. It gets the gist of my idea and writes enough code that I can jump in and adjust issues to make it perfect.
I can't imagine attempting what I've done in the last couple weeks on my own. I simply don't have the time. AI has made me look like a genius.
It is fun. It gets the gist of my idea and writes enough code that I can jump in and adjust issues to make it perfect.
I can't imagine attempting what I've done in the last couple weeks on my own. I simply don't have the time. AI has made me look like a genius.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 7:51 am to CAD703X
Which version of Claude are you guys running, and are yall having issues with credit limits?
Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:04 am to HermanBoone
I burned up all my free Claude usage and switched to chatgpt and it did such an impressive job of fixing the problems in the YAML Claude seemed unable to fix that I bought a subscription
Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:19 am to CAD703X
Models can all be hit and miss with niche yaml config but most have some training on home assistant. They’re all super great at the academic apps like Apache and nginx.
I prefer Qwen chat for niche stuff. It’s slow but it will actually research this kind of stuff instead of relying on pattern matching. It has no problem at all configuring software that was released an hour ago as long as the documentation is online. It’s like having a RAG agent for everything, just a very slow and unoptimized one.
I prefer Qwen chat for niche stuff. It’s slow but it will actually research this kind of stuff instead of relying on pattern matching. It has no problem at all configuring software that was released an hour ago as long as the documentation is online. It’s like having a RAG agent for everything, just a very slow and unoptimized one.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:45 am to CAD703X
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home assistant dashboards and automations
Will you elaborate on this?
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:07 am to BankLSU
quote:You're gonna have to tell us your starting point because HA is a whole world of stuff and elaboration could fill books.quote:Will you elaborate on this?
home assistant dashboards and automations
Assuming you are starting at ground zero, here is what I will do with AI today:
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Home Assistant is an open-source platform that lets you monitor, control, and automate devices in your home from a single system. It runs locally on hardware like a mini PC, Raspberry Pi, or server, and connects to thousands of devices—lights, thermostats, cameras, sensors, smart plugs, and more—across many brands. Because it operates primarily on your local network, it emphasizes privacy, reliability, and independence from cloud services.
What makes Home Assistant especially powerful is its automation engine and extensibility. You can create rules like “turn on lights when motion is detected,” “notify me if a freezer gets too warm,” or “shut down equipment if power quality drops.” Home Assistant often serves as the central integration hub—collecting data from devices, visualizing it on dashboards, and triggering actions based on conditions.
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:18 am to CAD703X
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I've created an absolute ton of home assistant dashboards and automations I would have had no desire to do on my own.
you and others inspired me to use claude to work with HA but i just dont have the capacity right now to dial it in
Too many work ideas and trying to set up a personal EA to run my personal life as well so things don't fall through the cracks.
Man one thing AI does for me that's mindblowing is it stops me from being scared to do things. I'm a genuinely curious person, but always worried about doing something incorrect or whatever. Whether it's a home project or a work project.
I've honestly done more home projects and have been more productive at work and home life than I have in majority of my adulthood since using claude the last 2 months.
Lets me tap into the talent and removes most of my lazy (joke on my user name)
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 10:22 am
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