How I came up with the idea of an AI automated browser

A week ago, I purchased a subscription to a site containing academic resources and wanted to share it with a friend, as well as save it for myself so I could cancel the subscription. However, the resources on this site were scattered across many pages. At first, I manually went to each page and pasted its contents into a document file, but this was tedious. As a solution, I wrote a python script to open a browser using Selenium, extract the useful text, and add it into a ....

February 2024 · 1 min · Max Luo

Software I Use

This is a collection of the software I use. I evaluate software based on three criteria: Functionality – The software must be able to complete its intended task. This category also includes UX and optimization (speed). Privacy/security – I do not want the data processed by my software to be seen or read by anyone – people I know, google employees, their bots, or the government. This can be achieved by design (preferred) or by the promise of a non-invasive privacy policy (less preferred)....

February 2024 · 2 min · Max Luo