Callum Rafter

My experience after having used a dumbphone daily for the last year.

A continuation of my attempts to capture the beauty of everyday experiences.

Linux dotfiles and setup script for a minimal, productivity-focused installation.

Exercise solutions for How to Design Programs 2e.

Keyword-tag images with a local LLM and use fuzzy match with a search query to find and display image matches.

A step-by-step walkthrough of performing Quicksort on a simple array to better understand it's workings.

A brief overview of what I've been doing the past few years.

A recount of my path towards reducing distraction to enable faster progress towards that which matters most.

Becoming more attentive to common surroundings; appreciating their current forms and fleeting nature.

A distraction free alternative Front-End for YouTube that removes unncessary elements, allowing better focus.

As relevant today as when it was written decades ago. The need for amusement in all aspects of an individual's life is to their detriment. Awareness and action must then be taken.

A highlighting of the importance of intentionality with smartphone use, as it is easily all-consuming, and the alternative dumbphone.

Display your Oura Daily Scores in your terminal.

Increasing the enjoyability of your workspace reduces friction towards action, leading to greater achievement.

A Data Science competition submission that uses Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and Machine Learning (ML) to predict the closing movement of US Stocks.

A K-Means Clustering algorithm implementation with Scikit-Learn (SKL) accuracy comparison.

A script that allows for the modular construction and sending of emails through Microsoft Outlook.

A tool that connects to a local Bitcoin node to extract and visualize data from the Bitcoin blockchain.

Practical advice for those entering the field of Machine Learning without prior related formal education. The path to employment differs for self-taught student as you must first establish credibility.

Practical advice for those entering into the field of Deep Learning: What to learn, how to learn it and how to gain expertise & become recognised.

Practical advice for those venturing into the field of Artifical Intelligence: what to learn, what to practice and what to do when job searching.

An overview of the mechanics of memory, learning and the implementation of knowledge.

A Data Science competition submission that uses Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and Machine Learning (ML) to predict Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) for media campaigns.

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) of Vanguard Investor's fund offerings to find what is expected to yield the largest Year-over-Year (YoY) return.

A visual illustration of the speed and efficiency gained through calculating using Vectorization over Loop Multiplication.

A perspective on the inevitability of death, the finiteness of life and the beauty that we experience as a result.

Get a number of quotes, of a specified amount but random selection, from the quotes chosen to be featured across my book summaries.

Cal Newport highlights the importance of 'deep work' - focused work free from distraction - and discusses various implementations and accessory inclusions to improve productivity and performance.

Ideas and methods to ensure you adequately prioritise that which is most important within your life so that you are able to achieve excellence in those defined areas.

An important perspective on the idea and the inevitability of death and how acceptance of this grants freedom in all other aspects of life.

Guidance on how best to enjoy alcohol without over-consumption, with large applications to any vice.

A short guide on how to perform your best through the knowledge of one's personal capabilities and further, the capabilities of peers.

A depiction of various paths that you can lead your life with a spotlight on 'The Fastlane' - a route to wealth that is more rapidly attainable and preferable so that you are able to live out the life you desire for an extended period of time.

A guide focused on giving you tools to enact maximal productivity and freedom, allowing you to lead the life you desire without a total commitment to spending time working and increasing wealth unecessarily.

A web-scraping tool to display price of all cards in one or more Yu-Gi-Oh! sets as listed on CardMarket.

A guide on how you can increase success in all aspects of your life through partaking in more activities that result in delayed gratification and through consistency in these actions.

A look at how you are able to cultivate the life that you wish to achieve by defining your goals and consistently performing actions that enable progress towards them.