# 💬 Talks - [What is means to be open by Lu Wilson](https://youtu.be/MJzV0CX0q8o?si=utE67jVdAkqZjpfH). Lu's (a.k.a. TodePond) work is class. I intend to normalise sharing scrappy fiddles. - [All the Little Things by Sandi Metz](https://youtu.be/8bZh5LMaSmE?si=hR60llJuimaWdUFU) Great speaker. You don't have to understand it all to get many important takeaways. - [Cleo Abram interviewed by Colin and Samir](https://youtu.be/a9sdUTsnFnE?si=5qzNRUUXpv_YKsZj). Cleo is super positive and very impressive. - [Simone Giertz](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ) - a very influential person for me :) Also, a scrappy fiddle. - [The Future of Programming by Bret Victor](https://youtu.be/gbHZNRda08o?si=4svjn8yIRtU0YJyx). Enjoyed this. Planning a deep dive on Bret Victor's work to find out what all the hype is about. - [Lessons from a Year of Building with LLMs](https://open.spotify.com/show/3yuz89gqAhcMcdy3SZPe4X?si=2NeNUbh5TY6iwn-TlbvHWQ)on the Vanishing Gradients podcast or the [report.](https://applied-llms.org/) Essential stuff for Applied AI Engineers. # 📚 Books and Blogs *Support independent bookshops!* - [Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans](https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/artificial-intelligence-a-guide-for-thinking-humans-melanie-mitchell/1552229?ean=9780241404836) by Melanie Mitchell - [Eugene Yan](https://eugeneyan.com/writing/) - Matt Webb's [Interconnected](https://interconnected.org/home/) - [Merve](https://x.com/mervenoyann) - [neal.fun](https://neal.fun/) - [The Satsuma Complex](https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-satsuma-complex-bob-mortimer/7401618?ean=9781398521230) by Bob Mortimer