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Saturday, 10th May 2025

TIL: SQLite triggers. I've been doing some work with SQLite triggers recently while working on sqlite-chronicle, and I decided I needed a single reference to exactly which triggers are executed for which SQLite actions and what data is available within those triggers.

I wrote this triggers.py script to output as much information about triggers as possible, then wired it into a TIL article using Cog. The Cog-powered source code for the TIL article can be seen here.

# 5:20 am / sqlite, til, python, sql

Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support

Visit Trying out llama.cpp's new vision support

This llama.cpp server vision support via libmtmd pull request—via Hacker News—was merged earlier today. The PR finally adds full support for vision models to the excellent llama.cpp project. It’s documented on this page, but the more detailed technical details are covered here. Here are my notes on getting it working on a Mac.

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Poker Face season two just started on Peacock (the US streaming service). It's my favorite thing on TV right now. I've started threads on MetaFilter FanFare for episodes one, two and three.

# 10:34 pm / tv, metafilter