Bob Reselman

Los Angeles

Independent Developer and Freelance Writer at Freelance

Born in a hospital in NYC. Got schooled. Rambled. Now lives large in Los Angeles, coding, writing, building, managing. Don't sing the blues.

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Articles

An introduction to LLM tokenization

4 weeks ago | theserverside.com | Bob Reselman

Human interaction with AI and large language models (LLMs) is instigated using natural language prompts. However, the mechanism these systems use to process requests and responses is through tokens, a computational unit that represents a portion of unstructured data such as text in a document or the image in a graphic file.
AI at the Edge: Architecture, Benefits and Tradeoffs

1 month ago | thenewstack.io | Bob Reselman

There is a shift taking place in the physical architecture in which AI software runs. AI is moving toward the edge. Device-centric edge computing has become common for use cases such as medical devices, supply chain apparatus, shop-floor manufacturing and the Internet of Things (IoT). However, until very recently, the software that runs those devices used traditional, structured programming.
How to build an AI agent tutorial with example

2 months ago | theserverside.com | Bob Reselman

The basic principles One way to think of an AI agent is that it is similar to a human talent or professional agent who works to promote the client's interests. Talent agents have a great deal of autonomy in how they do their job. They find suitable work on behalf of the client and negotiate compensation and payment. The agent interacts with the client only at key decision points, such as whether to take an acting role or accept a contract at a certain pay rate.
A developer's guide to thrive vs. AI in coding

Mar 21, 2025 | theserverside.com | Bob Reselman

The impact of artificial intelligence on the lives of software developers will equal, if not eclipse, the impact of the personal computer and the internet. In short, AI is a game-changer. The writing is on the wall for many programmers, too.
The Risk of the Amoral Corporation

Feb 17, 2025 | reselbob.substack.com | Bob Reselman

amoral: having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong – dictionary.comBayer is a company that was started in 1863 by Frederick Bayer and Friedrich Weskoff, two men in the industrial dye business. Industrial dye is used to color the leather in shoes, belts, and handbags, as well as the interiors of automobiles and floor carpeting. It’s also used in cosmetics for hair coloring, nail polish, and makeup.
JavaScript, React and object-oriented programming

Jan 23, 2025 | theserverside.com | Bob Reselman

The React programming framework, created by Facebook in 2011 and released as open source in 2013, enables developers to create effective, scalable web applications. Today, the framework enjoys enormous popularity, used in a variety of enterprise-level websites such as Facebook, Instagram, Netflix and Spotify to name a few. React uniquely takes a component-based approach to development. These components are programmed as JavaScript Extension (.jsx) or TypeScript Extension (.tsx) files.
Open Source Drives the Twelve-Factor Modernization Project

Jan 16, 2025 | thenewstack.io | Bob Reselman

The Twelve-Factor methodology is a set of 12 principles that enable companies to create, run, and maintain enterprise-level software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in a manner that is uniform and highly manageable. Twelve-Factor is not tied to any particular product, technology, or toolset. Rather, it’s a philosophy for software development that embraces portability, resiliency, stability and cost-efficiency as its driving forces.
The Price of Paperless

Dec 6, 2024 | reselbob.substack.com | Bob Reselman

I've written a number of books about computer programming. When I first started writing them, my publishers required that I adhere to a very strict submission process that involved creating an outline of the entire content of the book, down to the third level. Each first-level entry was a chapter in the book and had to include an estimated page count for that chapter. The figure below is an example of such an outline.
How to pitch to VCs: 5 questions a tech startup must answer

Dec 2, 2024 | theserverside.com | Bob Reselman

Like many software developers, I’ve had more than one occasion when I tried to launch my own tech startup. I liked the idea of the independence and freedom of self-determination that my own company provides. Yet, for all my desire and many tries, I just couldn’t make it past the first VC pitch. Here’s why: I didn’t have a good elevator pitch. For a venture capitalist, time is money, and when you make a pitch you don’t get a lot of it; 15 minutes is the max.
The End of Authenticity

Dec 2, 2024 | reselbob.substack.com | Bob Reselman

I just cloned my voice for 5 bucks using a service from ElevenLabs.io. The five-dollar-a-month subscription fee enables me to use the website to record a thirty-second sample of my voice from which the general clone is created. Then, I write up some text and have the clone read and record it to an audio file that I download. The cloning is surprisingly good. Here is a sample recording of my actual voice reading the first paragraph of Saul Bellow’s book, Ravelstein.