Akshay Ballal

Akshay Ballal @akshayballal

About: I write about AI and ML with a hint of Rust

Location:
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Joined:
May 5, 2023

Akshay Ballal
articles - 28 total

Infinite Compute Glitch - Why Local AI Matters

The Infinite Compute Glitch: Why Local AI Matters In our headlong rush toward AI-powered...

Learn More 12 0Mar 28

Optimize VLM Tokens with EmbedAnything x ColPali

ColPali, a late-interaction vision model, leverages this power to enable text searches within images....

Learn More 5 0Jan 12

Build ReAct Agents using SLMs from Scratch

In this post, I will demonstrate how to create a function-calling agent using Small Language Models...

Learn More 17 4Sep 29 '24

Vector Streaming with EmbedAnything

In my previous article Introducing EmbedAnything, I discussed the idea behind EmbedAnything and how...

Learn More 18 2Sep 12 '24

Reinforcement Learning from Scratch - Part 3 - REINFORCE Algorithm

Hey all! Welcome to the third part of the Reinforcement Learning Series, where I explain the...

Learn More 22 1Aug 6 '24

Using YOLO with CLIP to improve Retrieval

In this article we are going to see how we can use object detection models like YOLO along with...

Learn More 25 0Aug 2 '24

Reinforcement Learning from Scratch - Part 2 - Deep Q Learning

Hey everyone. This is the second part of my Reinforcement Learning Series, where we look at the...

Learn More 16 0Jul 30 '24

Reinforcement Learning from Scratch - Part 1 - Tabular Q Learning

Reinforcement Learning is becoming the new trend. From controlling robots to optimizing logistics to...

Learn More 18 0Jul 26 '24

Supercharge your Tests with CodiumAI Cover-Agent

Writing great tests is a skill. Achieving comprehensive test coverage across a codebase is even more...

Learn More 20 2May 20 '24

Introducing EmbedAnything

Motivation Transformer models have become increasingly popular in recent times. One...

Learn More 12 4Apr 18 '24

Building an AI Game Bot 🤖 Using Imitation Learning and 3D Convolution ResNet

Introduction Hey guys, this article is going to be fun, and I am sure you will get to...

Learn More 23 8Jan 2 '24

How to Train your Transformer 🐲

Dragons are cool. They are mythical; they can fly, and they can breathe fire. Transformers are no...

Learn More 22 0Dec 18 '23

I used CodiumAI's PR Agent, and I love it

Recently, I started developing a PyTorch-esque library for educational purposes to know what goes...

Learn More 30 2Dec 9 '23

Deep Q Learning with PyTorch

Introduction This blog is going to be my second one on Reinforcement Learning. You can...

Learn More 19 0Oct 29 '23

Maze Solving Robot with Reinforcement Learning - Part 2

In the last part, we discussed some basics of reinforcement learning, and we ended with the Value...

Learn More 22 0Jul 30 '23

Maze Solving Robot with Reinforcement Learning - Part 1

Introduction to Reinforcement Learning Hello everyone! Today, we are going to dive into...

Learn More 33 0Jul 30 '23

Experiment Tracking and Hyperparameter Tuning with TensorBoard in PyTorch 🔥

Introduction Experiment tracking involves logging and monitoring machine learning...

Learn More 18 0Jul 1 '23

Building a Vision Transformer from Scratch in PyTorch 🔥

Introduction In recent years, the field of computer vision has been revolutionized by...

Learn More 19 2Jun 19 '23

How to Deploy LangChain App 🐦🔗 as an API

Introduction Recently, I had an idea to add my own AI Assistant to my website -...

Learn More 35 4Jun 11 '23

From the Shadows to the Spotlight : Unveiling the Untold History of Deep Learning

Introduction Many newcomers to the realm of Deep Learning may find it surprising to come...

Learn More 24 0Jun 9 '23

Beyond OpenAI: Harnessing Open Source Models to Create Your Personalized AI Companion 🤖

FIND ME ON | 🧑‍💻MY WEBSITE | 🧑LINKEDIN | 🐦TWITTER | Ⓜ️MASTODON| Introduction Imagine...

Learn More 32 3Jun 4 '23

Build your own YouTubeGPT using LangChain and OpenAI 🦜🔗

Introduction In today's digital age, YouTube has revolutionized the way we consume and...

Learn More 26 3Jun 1 '23

Deep Neural Network from Scratch in Rust 🦀- Part 5- Training and Inference

Great!! You have made it to the final part of the series. In this part, we will train our model and...

Learn More 20 2May 27 '23

Deep Neural Network from Scratch in Rust 🦀- Part 4- Loss Function and Back Propagation

After Forward Propagation we need to define a loss function to calculate how wrong our model is at...

Learn More 24 4May 24 '23

Deep Neural Network from Scratch in Rust 🦀 - Part 3- Forward Propagation

In the previous part of our blog series, we discussed how to initialize a neural network (NN)...

Learn More 30 3May 21 '23

Deep Neural Network from Scratch in Rust 🦀 - Part 2- Loading Data and Initializing an NN Model

I hope you have gone through part 1 to understand the premise of how a neural network broadly works...

Learn More 24 0May 18 '23

Deep Neural Network from Scratch in Rust 🦀 : Part 1- Basics of Neural Network

Introduction Hi there! I'm excited to share with you my latest blog post on building a...

Learn More 48 2May 17 '23

How to Build an AI-Powered Game Bot with PyTorch🔥and EfficientNet

Introduction Are you new to the world of Artificial Intelligence and looking for a fun...

Learn More 30 5May 9 '23