Welcome to My Blog

Hello! I'm Aarne, and this is my personal blog where I'll be sharing my thoughts and experiences in the world of technology.

Why This Blog Exists

I've been meaning to start writing more about my work and interests for a while now. And I've actually started blogging a few times. However, I've always found the blogging sites and platforms to be clunky and against my workflow. However, there's something valuable about putting thoughts into words. It helps clarify ideas, creates a record of learning, and hopefully provides value to others facing similar challenges or questions.

Rather than using an existing blogging platform, I decided to build my own system. It seemed like a good opportunity to create exactly what I wanted while learning something new in the process.

The Blogging System

This blog is powered by a custom static site generator MonoBlogger I built specifically for my needs. Here's how it works:

Content Organization: Each blog post lives in its own folder containing the markdown file and any associated images or assets. This keeps everything organized and makes it easy to manage posts with multiple files.

Build Process: The system converts markdown to HTML, applies a consistent design, and generates a complete static website. Everything is processed locally on my machine.

Deployment: The generated site deploys automatically to GitHub Pages with a single command. No server management, no databases, just fast static files served from GitHub's CDN.

Design Philosophy: I wanted something minimal, fast-loading, and focused on readability. The dark theme is easy on the eyes and the responsive design works well across devices.

The entire workflow from writing to publishing is streamlined. I can focus on content rather than managing infrastructure.

What I'll Write About

I plan to cover three main areas:

Machine Learning: Model architectures, training methodologies, inference optimization, evaluation frameworks, and what neural networks actually learn. I'm particularly interested in language models and the mechanics of how they process and generate text.

Technology: Side projects and experiments that catch my attention. The tools I build for fun, weekend hacks that solve interesting problems, and personal projects that make me think differently about what's possible with code.

Philosophy: Philosophy of mind, language, science, and logic. Exploring questions about meaning, knowledge representation, understanding, and what it means for machines to "know" something.

Getting Started

This is just the beginning. I'm looking forward to sharing more substantial posts about the projects and ideas I'm working on.

Thanks for reading!