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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · 18h

Clojure Runs ONNX AI Models Now - Join the AI fun! dragan.rocks/articles/25/...

Join the AI fun directly from Clojure. Although (sadly) Clojure has not find its way in the big guns AI arena, Clojure is a very capable technology for integrating stuff into real-world applications!

Clojure Runs ONNX AI Models Now - Join the AI fun!

Join the AI fun directly from Clojure. Although (sadly) Clojure has not find its way in the big guns AI arena, Clojure is a very capable technology for integ...

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Sep 9

Clojure Tensor and Deep Learning library Deep Diamond now works on Apple M CPU. Check out the fresh #Apple Silicon support in 0.36.1!
Please RT this message so Clojurists actually hear about it :)
#Clojure #AI #Pytorch
github.com/uncomplicate/deep-diamond

GitHub - uncomplicate/deep-diamond: A fast Clojure Tensor & Deep Learning library

A fast Clojure Tensor & Deep Learning library. Contribute to uncomplicate/deep-diamond development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Jul 1

Clojure fast matrix library Neanderthal has just been updated with native Apple silicon engine
Please check the new release 0.54.0 in Clojars.
#Java #AI #Clojure #CUDA #Apple
neanderthal.uncomplicate.org

Neanderthal - Fast Native Matrix and Linear Algebra in Clojure

Clojure Fast Matrix Library - GPU and native CPU

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Jun 19

For all programmers thinking that they'll leave the "boring tasks" to AI code assistants, while they just do the "creative parts". You won't be able to even get to the creative parts, yet alone to solve them...

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fast matrices and number crunching now available on Apple Silicon #MacOS. Check out the newest snapshots of Neanderthal in the Clojars! Add 0.54.0-SNAPSHOT to your project.clj and you're ready to go!
github.com/uncomplicate...
#Clojure #NumPy #CUDA

GitHub - uncomplicate/neanderthal: Fast Clojure Matrix Library

Fast Clojure Matrix Library. Contribute to uncomplicate/neanderthal development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Jun 9

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There Is No AI Revolution

Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 17

So, we created SQL so "analysts" can query the DB and get rid of programmers. They delegated this to programmers anyways. Now, they created AI that writes SQL, that queries the DB for "analysts". Guess who's going to be stuck writing shitty AI prompts. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4400...

Getting AI to write good SQL | Hacker News

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Luke VanderHart @vanderhart.net · Apr 30

Damn, this is the clearest evidence yet of my “AI powered Dunning-Kruger” hypothesis: that AI proponents are only bullish about AI for work they don’t actually know or understand.

Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · Apr 30

AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.

The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people

Marc Andreessen says when AI does everything else, VC might be one of the last jobs still done by humans.

It's more art than science. There's no formula. Just taste, psychology, and chaos tolerance.

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Luke VanderHart @vanderhart.net · Dec 24

We need to put the punk back in cyber.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 16

Apple M CPU Accelerate backend implemented for #Clojure Neanderthal! Now you have 3 superfast native CPU and 2 GPU choices when crunching numbers on the JVM!
Still available as snapshots on github.com/uncomplicate/neanderthal
(waiting for upstream releases). Thank you clojuriststogether.org

GitHub - uncomplicate/neanderthal: Fast Clojure Matrix Library

Fast Clojure Matrix Library. Contribute to uncomplicate/neanderthal development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 14

Vectors/matrices/tensors are really the economy of scale at work! Don't process individual elements in your own loops; use the built-in operations to process the whole structure without looking in! CPU, GPU, CUDA, etc..
aiprobook.com
#Clojure #PyTorch #programming

Interactive Programming for Artificial Intelligence Book Series: Deep Learning for Programmers, Linear Algebra for Programmers, and more

A book series on Programming, CUDA, GPU, Clojure, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Java, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, CPU, High Performance Computing, Linear Algebra, OpenCL

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 14

I love physical books too!
I can't provide those for my books due to logistical issues, but I don't have anything against you printing the PDF (no drm) and binding in a hardcover binding (if such shops are available in your area).

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

If you’re a dev who’s felt like most ML/Math content talks over your head — this is for you.

You can preview the books or support the work on my site. ❤️

🔗 aiprobook.com

Or just retweet this thread so others can find it.

Interactive Programming for Artificial Intelligence Book Series: Deep Learning for Programmers, Linear Algebra for Programmers, and more

A book series on Programming, CUDA, GPU, Clojure, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Java, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, CPU, High Performance Computing, Linear Algebra, OpenCL

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

They've helped hundreds of devs actually get backprop, eigenvalues, gradient descent, and more — without needing a PhD or pretending math is magic.

A few chapters are even free at aiprobook.com if you want to explore. Lots of content is available as blog articles.

Interactive Programming for Artificial Intelligence Book Series: Deep Learning for Programmers, Linear Algebra for Programmers, and more

A book series on Programming, CUDA, GPU, Clojure, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Java, Intel, Nvidia, AMD, CPU, High Performance Computing, Linear Algebra, OpenCL

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

That feedback led me to create two books:
📘 Deep Learning for Programmers
📗 Linear Algebra for Programmers
They’re built entirely from the intuition that if you can code, you can understand math.
Code-first, jargon-free, honest.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

One day, a blog post of mine made the front page of Hacker News.

It didn't break my server, but it was read by many people.

That gave me a signal: there's a hunger out there for programmers who want hands-on, code-first explanations of “scary” math concepts.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

10y ago, many programmers were frustrated trying to understand how Deep Learning worked under the hood. Every resource was either:
Way too theoretical
Or shallow “framework tutorials”
I started writing blog posts at dragan.rocks just to explain things to my past self.

Articles

Dragan Djuric's Clojure Blog, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Data Analysis, CUDA, GPU, OpenCL, Functional Programming, Probabilistic Programming, Data Science.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 12

I've spent many years building HPC and ML libraries, and writing 2 books that teach Linear Algebra and Deep Learning to actual programmers (not math PhDs).

Here's how I went from writing my first blog post to building a following, front-paging Hacker News, and useful books.🧵👇

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 11

Thank you!
I really don't know, as I don't get any contact details from Patreon. I am surprised that they close accounts for such reasons. The only thing that I can suggest is to try with a more traditional email, such as gmail...

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 10

The best programmers aren’t good because they know more.

They’re good because they ask:

“What’s really going on here?”

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 10

Programmers treat linear algebra like magic.
But it's not magic.
It's code. It's vectors. It's yours to master.
Linear Algebra for Programmers shows you how—with zero fluff.
If you write code, you need this book.
👉 aiprobook.com/numerical-li...

#DevLife #MachineLearning #AI #Coding

Numerical Linear Algebra for Programmers

Numerical Linear Algebra for Programmers: An Interactive Tutorial with GPU, CUDA, OpenCL, MKL, Java, and Clojure basically… * a book for programmers * interactive & dynamic * direct link from theory t...

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · May 10

🚀 If you're a programmer struggling with math, Linear Algebra for Programmers by Dragan Djuric is the book you didn’t know you needed.

🔢 No fluff. Just the math that powers ML, graphics, and more—explained in code.

📘 Get smarter where it counts: aiprobook.com/numerical-li...

#AI

Numerical Linear Algebra for Programmers

Numerical Linear Algebra for Programmers: An Interactive Tutorial with GPU, CUDA, OpenCL, MKL, Java, and Clojure basically… * a book for programmers * interactive & dynamic * direct link from theory t...

aiprobook.com

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Apr 27

A lot of code that makes PyTorch useful might already be in the Deep Diamond. No need to create a PyTorch port, just the integration of the most useful stuff from libtorch into Clojure.

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Dragan Djuric @draganrocks.bsky.social · Apr 27

That's all right. I might do the PyTorch part, and other people will do some other pieces.

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