Finding a path when you're smart but broke. I found mine by posting on Reddit and talking to an attorney, and here's the honesty tension nobody warns you about.
Posted in thoughts on July 6, 2026 by Chris Dong ‐ 3 min read
Turning tax returns, medical records, and ACORD forms into a cheap document-extraction SaaS. The hard part isn't building — it's distribution.
Posted in thoughts on July 3, 2026 by Chris Dong ‐ 2 min read
Essentials for Command Line and Terminal
Posted in teaching on February 4, 2024 by Chris Dong ‐ 1 min read
Adam Seal's guide to training for the Ironman
Posted in Hobby on November 24, 2023 by Adam Seal and Chris Dong ‐ 2 min read
Custom geocoding and route planning with Pelias and Valhalla
Posted in projects on November 17, 2023 by Chris Dong ‐ 3 min read
Transcribe recorded phone calls for basic information
Posted in projects on November 14, 2023 by Chris Dong ‐ 3 min read
Question answering example with sentence transformers. AKA retrieval augmented generation
Posted in projects on September 21, 2023 by Chris Dong ‐ 2 min read