Lemonade is a strong contender in the insurtech space, demonstrating robust customer and premium growth by leveraging technology and a differentiated business model. They are clearly disrupting specific segments of the insurance market, especially for younger demographics. They offer various types of coverage, including renters, homeowners, car, and pet insurance. Their approach significantly differs from … Continue reading Replicate Lemonade Codes in Simple Form and Concept of “Commodity Codes”
Implementing JWT in an App
Implementing JWTs in an app, one can use Flask-JWT-Extended, the popular Flask extension that simplifies JWT handling, covering token creation, verification, revocation, and refresh token management. Here are the steps: Step 1 set up python environment Step 2 Create .env for storing secret key, use specialized package to generate this key, for example, Python's secrets … Continue reading Implementing JWT in an App
Shell scripts for various web-related automation tasks
For example, you have a task to Automating the process of checking the status of a list of websites and reporting on any that are down or return an error. Prerequisites: bash: Your default shell on Linux/macOS (or WSL on Windows). curl: Usually pre-installed. grep (optional but useful): For filtering text. A text file with … Continue reading Shell scripts for various web-related automation tasks
Memory Leak and GIL
In programming, a memory leak happens when a program allocates a block of memory but then fails to release that memory when it's no longer needed. The program "loses track" of the memory, or otherwise holds onto it, preventing the operating system from reclaiming it for other uses. This accumulated, unused memory can cause the … Continue reading Memory Leak and GIL
Solving Problems Solvers vs. Talkers: A Personal Reflection on Problem-Solving and Purpose
There are two types of people in this world when it comes to facing problems:those who solve them — and those who talk about solving them. From the monumental challenges like launching spacecraft to Mars or curing cancer, to everyday tasks like planning a meal for your family, problems are everywhere. But once a solution … Continue reading Solving Problems Solvers vs. Talkers: A Personal Reflection on Problem-Solving and Purpose
The Twelve Factors by Heroku Founder
This book is worth a thorough reading, below is the content: codebase: once codebase tracked in revision control, many deploys dependencies: explicitly declare and isolate dependencies config: store config in the environment backing services: treat backing services as attached resources build, release, run: strictly separate build and run stages processes: execute the app as one … Continue reading The Twelve Factors by Heroku Founder
Weaviate Add on and Its Key Value
Weaviate was created by a Dutch startup called SeMI Technologies (founded in 2019). The company is indeed for-profit, but Weaviate itself is open-source and free to use under the BSD-3 license, which is a permissive open-source license. Key Value of Weaviate 1. ⚡ Fast, Scalable Vector Indexing & Search Weaviate uses specialized vector indexes (like … Continue reading Weaviate Add on and Its Key Value
Insight of “LLM” Sent to LLM for Verification
"is chatGPT AI literally a huge elastic search plus prediction of next words based on entire human knowledge"? sent to Gemini 2.5 for verification: Your analogy of "a huge Elasticsearch plus prediction of next words based on entire human knowledge" is intuitively helpful, but it's important to refine it to truly understand LLMs. Let's break … Continue reading Insight of “LLM” Sent to LLM for Verification
Methods for Authentication and Authorization
Session-based authentication is the traditional model and continues to be widely employed in classic web applications. A session ID is transmitted to the client via cookies. This method is effective when a single backend controls everything and can manage state. However, when clients are external services rather than individuals, managing sessions becomes impractical. Machines require … Continue reading Methods for Authentication and Authorization
Designing Rocket Software Using Claude 3.7 and Gemini
asking LLM to help design a rocket software system, here is what's provided by the Claude 3.7: rocket_control_system/ ├── system/ │ ├── rtos/ # Real-time OS configuration │ ├── drivers/ # Hardware interface drivers │ └── boot/ # Boot sequence and initialization ├── gnc/ │ ├── navigation/ # Navigation algorithms │ ├── guidance/ # Guidance … Continue reading Designing Rocket Software Using Claude 3.7 and Gemini