By converting images into vector embeddings and storing them in a specialized database, we can build systems that understand visual similarity at scale. This approach opens doors to applications in e-commerce, media management, and even creative tools where images drive discovery. So today we will see how to build your own image search engine using Python FASTAPI and Qdrant, whi...

In this post, I will walk through how you can create and host a simple website using Python and serve it as a Tor hidden service — nothing shady, just pure geeky fun. Let’s begin by installing Tor. If you’re already familiar with the Tor browser, feel free to proceed. But if you’re new to it, you can learn more about the service here. The Tor browser includes a Tor binary (tor.

I was checking out the OpenObserve — an open-source observability tool which you can self-host or use their cloud offering which offers free, standard and enterprise tier to choose from. Written completely in rust so I thought of checking the codebase on Github to get myself more aquatinted with rust language. While doing so I found a #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")] bei...

Ollama is a lightweight and user-friendly way to run LLMs locally. No need for complex setups and it makes it super easy to explore AI chat models from the comfort of your own device. This tutorial is a small part of a broader project I’m working on, which involves using local LLMs and vision models to analyze data directly on-device. This approach helps reduce costs and a...