How to Build a QwenPaw Agent Workspace with Custom Skills, Model Providers, Console Access, and Streaming API Testing
if not (WORKING_DIR / “config.json”).exists(): run(qwenpaw_cmd(“init”, “–defaults”), check=False) else: print(“QwenPaw working directory already initialized:”, WORKING_DIR) provider_candidates = [ { “env”: “OPENAI_API_KEY”, “provider_id”: “openai”, “name”: “OpenAI”, “base_url”: “https://api.openai.com/v1”, “model”: os.environ.get(“QWENPAW_MODEL”, “gpt-4o-mini”), “chat_model”: “OpenAIChatModel”, “prefix”: “sk-“, }, { “env”: “OPENROUTER_API_KEY”, “provider_id”: “openrouter”, “name”: “OpenRouter”, “base_url”: “https://openrouter.ai/api/v1”, “model”: os.environ.get(“QWENPAW_MODEL”, “openai/gpt-4o-mini”), “chat_model”: “OpenAIChatModel”, “prefix”: “sk-or-“, }, { “env”: “DASHSCOPE_API_KEY”, […]
Larger Context Windows Don’t Fix RAG — So I Built a System That Does
TL;DR I built a dataset Q&A system and trusted a RAG answer that was less than half-correct. I measured this across 7 query types and 5 context sizes on 100,000 rows. queries away from RAG entirely. I Trusted the Wrong Number Last month I was heads-down building a new feature for EmiTechLogic. Learners can now […]
The Creepshow Video Game Is Coming Out This Summer
The point-and-click adventure game based on the horror anthology series arrives in August. PHL Collective/DreadXP The Creepshow game isn’t dead after all. Though things have been quiet around the video game spin-off of Shudder’s horror anthology series since it was announced a few years ago, the Steam page just went live with a release window […]
Why Your Cardiologist Might Tell You To Skip AirPods
Next time you visit your grandparents, you might want to put your headphones away. Cardiologists have long warned about the risks smartphones, headphones and other consumer devices pose towards cardiovascular implantable devices (CIDs). Concerns revolve around the magnetic fields these devices emit, which can inadvertently trigger a magnet-safe mode on defibrillators and pacemakers that potentially […]
Parse PDFs for RAG Locally with Docling: Rich Tables, No Cloud Upload
companion in Enterprise Document Intelligence, the series that builds an enterprise RAG system from four bricks. Article 5 (document parsing) built the parser with PyMuPDF (fitz). This companion keeps the same goal and the same relational tables, and swaps the engine for Docling, a richer package that recovers the table cells, OCR, and captions fitz […]
How To Use AirPods To Control Your iPhone Camera
If you don’t own an Apple Watch, this is another way you can control your iPhone’s camera. Billy Steele for Engadget When Apple released iOS 26 last September, it added a handful of new AirPods features. One of those was Camera Remote. As you can probably guess from the name, it allows you to use […]
Why Some USB Ports Are Purple (And Why They’re Rarely Sold In The US)
Consumers are often misled by these color schemes. Alexisaj/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Have you ever looked at a USB connector or port and wondered, “why is this purple instead of blue or black?” It’s not because the manufacturer wanted to help you organize your cables by hue. Rather […]
Parker Solar Probe Makes Another Flyby Of The Sun, Solar Energy Bags A Win, And More Science Stories
NASA this week announced the four-person crew that will lead its Artemis III mission in 2027: NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio and Randy Bresnik along with ESA’s Luca Parmitano as the flight’s pilot. Plus, the Parker Solar Probe took another trip around the sun, solar energy overtook coal in May, and more. Here’s this […]
Solving the 3Blue1Brown String Probability Problem (Without AI)
the trouble of solving a silly probability problem in my free time when I could’ve been doom scrolling? Because I’m trying to stay sharp in this unique time period where we can outsource most of our critical thinking to generative AI. If you are reading through articles on TDS, you and I probably share that […]
A Report On The Benefits Of AI Was Reportedly Full Of AI Hallucinations
It was published by KPMG, one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ accounting firms. Junayed graphics/Shutterstock In October last year, KPMG published a report titled Total Experience: Redefining Excellence in the Age of Agentic AI, which was about how companies are using AI to cater to customers’ needs. KPMG is one of the “Big Four” professional services and accounting […]