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Inventory software, useful LLMs, haunted stm32, casual modeling, minimalist workouts

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Note: GMail misclassified my last newsletter as spam for many readers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you missed it, you can read it and all past issues at https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/. Let me know if you want to grab a coffee in any of these places! A friend of mine has developed a robotic system for accurately dispensing exact quantities of small, loose parts (nuts, bolts, screws, etc.). He recently asked for my advice on how to set up an online shop: In particular, he wants online orders to automatically trigger his system (send CAN bus messages to print labeled bags, drop them onto conveyor belts, dispense parts, etc.) so that all he has to do is hand over the bags to the delivery service. While this is quite a well-trodden problem space, I’m chagrined that there aren’t any solutions I feel great about. Shopify seems like an obvious choice, but my initial few hours of exploration surfaced several impedance mismatches: On the other hand, it’s not clear to me how to build this system without ha

Inventory software, useful LLMs, haunted stm32, casual modeling, minimalist workouts ← Back to Kevin's newsletters Published: 2024 August 16 Note: GMail misclassified my last newsletter as spam for many readers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you missed it, you can read it and all past issues at https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/ . Upcoming travel Let me know if you want to grab a coffee in any of these places! Sept 1-3: Bilbao, Spain Sept 17-20: Leuven, Belgium (for Heart of Clojure ) Sept 20-23: Budapest, Hungary Sept 24-28: Montreal, Canada Sept 29-Oct 5: New York, USA (maybe Boston too?) Robotic inven

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