Building a RAG System with DeepSeek-R1 & Ollama for Local Deployment
When I first heard about DeepSeek making waves on the internet, I realized it was the perfect opportunity to build the system I had always needed—something that could help both my business and the people I serve. That was the turning point: the open-source LLM model, which brought in the talent necessary to support my…
How to Rotate a Video Taken on Your Phone: Quick and Easy Guide
During a trip to Thailand, I filmed several breakfasts at Le Méridien Khao Lak. All the videos are fine except one, which was accidentally recorded in portrait orientation instead of landscape. I plan to compile all these clips into a video about breakfast at Le Méridien Khao Lak using Kdenlive. However, the portrait video won’t…
Why you should take the effort to deploy sitemap.xml
As a web entrepreneur and programmer, I’ve spent countless hours refining the art of website optimization. One night, while nursing a cup of coffee and sifting through SEO forums, I stumbled upon the understated yet powerful tool: sitemap.xml. Picture this—your website is a hidden gem, brimming with content, but without a sitemap, it’s kinda like…
Rendering a part of a video or audio by using selected zones in Kdenlive
I utilize Kdenlive for crafting online course videos. As an open-source video editing software, Kdenlive offers a comprehensive suite of tools without any cost. Occasionally, I find myself needing to render specific segments of video or audio that are commonly featured across all my videos. This allows me to efficiently reuse content when necessary. In…
Revamp Your Website with WebP Image Optimization
I have a few niche websites. A very important task I do intermittently is test the speed of a webpage while a visitor accesses it. To put it simply, as a website visitor, you would be happy to get the webpage instantly when you request it in your browser. If the page takes a long…
Resuming Website Availability Hosted by XAMPP After Moving to Another Computer
As you know, we host WordPress websites on a computer at home via XAMPP (please refer to the Q&A at the end of this article to learn more about it). In certain circumstances, you need to resume the availability of the website hosted by XAMPP instance after you reinstall your Windows operating system or move…