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                Testing 64k context window with Claude/Ollama integration
              
          
    This final prompt ended up having to be so specific, even giving the implementation detail
as the model was so dumb.
Prompt:
We're buying licenses from slicervm.com for their microVM product.

Find out the pricing for 2x home edition licenses and 5x commercial ones the page
is https://slicervm.com/pricing


## coral.yaml
config:
  host_groups:
    - name: coral
      userdata_file: ./userdata.sh
      storage: image
      storage_size: 25G
      count: 1
      vcpu: 2
      ram_gb: 4
      network:

## config.yaml
# Example from https://docs.slicervm.com/getting-started/walkthrough/

# Then under the hostgroup instead of userdata:
# userdata_file: ./userdata.sh


# Then add a DNAT rule from the host to the microVM via iptables (ask ChatGPT for this!)

# Or simply add a static route on your router via your Slicer host to the microVM - easy to do
# in most router admin interfaces, then also set the default DNS to the VM IP there too.

## main.go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"time"

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                Equinix Metal is my computer
              
          
    From my blog post: The Internet is my computer
Equinix Metal is my computer

Run hosted VSCode on Equinix Metal's huge: AMD Epyc instances with 64GB RAM and 24 Cores, coupled with a bonded 2 x 10 Gbps uplink to the Internet.


Provision your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server using the dashboard and add your SSH key
Once you have the public IP, log in over SSH


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                Installing OpenFaaS with libkrun-based isolation on Fedora 33
              
          
    Installing OpenFaaS with libkrun-based isolation on Fedora 33

Setting up the system

Revert to cgroup v1

The version of containerd that OpenFaaS will download during the
installation doesn't support cgroup v2, so we need to configure
systemd to avoid using the Unified cgroup Hierarchy, and reboot the
system:

  
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                Live show notes - “Is Kubernetes right for us?”
              
          
    Resources

Side-project thread

If you were starting a side-project or two today...
GitLab 5-minute rails

5 Mins to free-tier deployments

  
## setFans.sh
#! /bin/sh

# Alex Ellis 18th Nov 2020
# Updated for the 1U unit, which has 7 fans

logo () {
echo ""
echo "             ▄██▄"
echo "            ▄█  █▄"
echo "           ▄█    █▄"

## install-k3sup.sh
#!/bin/bash

set -e

CH=latest

echo Installing Server 1
k3sup install --user pi --ip 192.168.2.147 \
  --k3s-channel $CH \
  --cluster \

## inletsctl-role.json
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
                "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                "ec2:DescribeImages",
	config:
	host_groups:
	- name: coral
	userdata_file: ./userdata.sh
	storage: image
	storage_size: 25G
	count: 1
	vcpu: 2
	ram_gb: 4
	network:
	# Example from https://docs.slicervm.com/getting-started/walkthrough/

	# Then under the hostgroup instead of userdata:
	# userdata_file: ./userdata.sh


	# Then add a DNAT rule from the host to the microVM via iptables (ask ChatGPT for this!)

	# Or simply add a static route on your router via your Slicer host to the microVM - easy to do
	# in most router admin interfaces, then also set the default DNS to the VM IP there too.
	#! /bin/sh

	# Alex Ellis 18th Nov 2020
	# Updated for the 1U unit, which has 7 fans

	logo () {
	echo ""
	echo " ▄██▄"
	echo " ▄█ █▄"
	echo " ▄█ █▄"
	#!/bin/bash

	set -e

	CH=latest

	echo Installing Server 1
	k3sup install --user pi --ip 192.168.2.147 \
	--k3s-channel $CH \
	--cluster \
	{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
	{
	"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
	"Effect": "Allow",
	"Action": [
	"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
	"ec2:DescribeInstances",
	"ec2:DescribeImages",