ML Research Engineer and Founder | Generative AI, Multimodal LLMs, BioML | @recursecenter.bsky.social alumn Writing at gianluca.ai Become Stronger. Defy Nature. Have Fun.https://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lztcztb47c2k👇 Start here 👇 About and links: gianluca.ai Project portfolio: gianluca.ai/projects Essays: gianluca.ai/tags/essay Book reviews: gianluca.ai/books Code: github.com/gianlucatruda27 Sep 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztcztb47c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lztcsps3ik2kI just reviewed If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies27 Sep 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztcsps3ik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lylfzrcvac2rToday I implemented simple-jax-nn, a simple neural net for the MNIST dataset, written with JAX. I managed to get it to use my MacBook’s GPU/Accelerator through the Metal support in jax-metal11 Sep 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lylfzrcvac2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lvt757ykfc2bThis week, whilst troubleshooting video encoding discrepancies for a film, I was reminded of the immense wizard power of debugging: the art of systematically bisecting your way to the root cause of a problem, then devising the cleanest fix. | 1\n07 Aug 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvt757ykfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lu3bbpixf22wMy review for Flowers for Algernon16 Jul 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3bbpixf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lstxhhxcxk225 stars for Piranesi30 Jun 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstxhhxcxk22https://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lrdpxc7rbk2wReflections on Vibecoding11 Jun 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdpxc7rbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lqmxjyr3a22aDo I choose evil!?02 Jun 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmxjyr3a22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lmcqicbgvc2eThis was entertaining casual reading, but lacked some of the deep concepts of science fiction that I love. After the initial gimmicks of high-G transit and Coriolis effects on artificially-spun asteroids wore off, it occurred to me...08 Apr 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcqicbgvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3llwby6l6lc2mI recently released 🎶 Music Melee 🎶, a high-speed parkour FPS for making beautiful music and high scores in your browser. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out for a few day's work. I focused on making it feel, sound, and look deeply satisfying.03 Apr 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwby6l6lc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3llou7hzkh22lNew book review: Altered Carbon This is a peak detective thriller soaked in a visceral and depraved cyberpunk future...31 Mar 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3llou7hzkh22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lkqrck3yn22jhttps://gianluca.ai/orbital-devlog/19 Mar 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqrck3yn22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lklw27oa5c2zInside you there are two wolves...17 Mar 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklw27oa5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lk7ieyp5o22jDiffusion is autoregression in the frequency domain...12 Mar 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7ieyp5o22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lhm7xg22y22dAside from the interesting new friends, S-tier programmer memes, and new work opportunities, why would someone want to spend 6–12 weeks at the @recursecenter.bsky.social ? Because it’s one of the most potent environments for growing both your taste and agency as a programmer!07 Feb 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm7xg22y22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lhhaubie722sWe're so ready to cook now...05 Feb 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhaubie722shttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lgja3kdjks2sA bespoke, artisanal piece of UI that I lovingly crafted with Svelte ❤️ Now go make art ... and AI shitposts24 Jan 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgja3kdjks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lgggfcxerc2qI whipped up `richify` It brings the capabilities of Rich and the power of Astral's uv to streaming output. So using LLMs in your terminal feels and looks better than any GUI now.23 Jan 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgggfcxerc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lg2ekm4mhk2tWhat does it mean to have agency? To be an agent? In Reinforcement Learning, an agent is formulated mathematically — some set of actions it can take, some goal, some way of understanding how actions interact with the environment to achieve the goal.18 Jan 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:rdhterm6p7f2p7wtacybglon/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2ekm4mhk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gianlucatruda.bsky.social/post/3lg2ebph6j22tBecome Stronger. Defy Nature. 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