# Alpaca.cpp

Run a fast ChatGPT-like model locally on your device.

This combines the LLaMA foundation model with an open reproduction of Stanford Alpaca a fine-tuning of the base model to obey instructions (akin to the RLHF used to train ChatGPT) and a set of modifications to llama.cpp to add a chat interface.

# Developing the Bloomberg Terminal

A good talk by Paul Williams describing the internals of the Bloomberg Terminal software:

It combines a highly-scalable, proprietary data processing technology written in C++ with an embedded Chromium browser core and its V8 JavaScript engine. The result is a challenging, distributed run-time environment that must perform well and be measurable. The talk will cover some of the techniques used to develop and instrument this system.