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Running local LLMs on your NPU from R with Foundry Local and ellmer

This post summarizes how I was able to leverage my Surface Pro 11's Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to chat with Large Language Models (LLMs) from R (for some reason).

Using science to find the best decaf

To test whether my wife and I could tell the difference between decaf and caffeinated coffee, I conducted a highly scientific double-blind taste test (subject to funding constraints).

India’s 2015 National Classification of Occupations Data File

One of the outputs from a project I worked on in 2025 was a data file of India's 2015 National Classification of Occupations. The

Calculating the United State’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

This post provides R code that reproduces the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs imposed by the US. in early 2025.

Going solo II: some (more) things to think about before becoming an independent consultant

13-03-2025

this post explores some of the personal implications of becoming a freelance consultant, such as 'relevance deprivation' and leaving the comfort of having an established systems for managing your time, performance and career path.