vpalepu
-
Midjourney 2023/10/14: Animals Wearing Robes in Ancient Rome
prompt template I used: “a/an [animal] wearing ancient robes, in Ancient Rome.”
-
Midjourney Prompt Engineering: Storybook vs. Sketchbook vs. Watercolors
I found that adding “Storybook Illustration” and “Water colors” allowed the images to be less gloomy. Was it a fluke that qualifiers such “Water colors” produced such effects? I wanted to explore a bit more.
-
Midjourney Emoji Week: Oct 2–8, 2023
I love emojis! This might be a cliché, but I consider emojis to be the hieroglyphs of the Internet. In a text-based medium, when measuring character counts, emojis are an efficient way to communicate emotion, ideas and intent. And, they are fun! I love them 😍. So, when @hafeezhaqq on Threads suggested that “prompting just…
-
Midjourney 2023/10/01: The Blue Screen of Death
The blue screen of death is perhaps one of the most recognized error states in tech and pop culture history [wikipedia]. So it only seemed fitting that I tried that as the prompt for the first day of October. To make things interesting, I kept the prompt simple, but applied multiple styles. Core Prompt: “blue…
-
Midjourney and Bing 2023/09/30: A farmer in space looking over his crops
Midjourney Prompt: /imagine a farmer in space, looking over his crops, the crops are growing inside a futuristic spaceship. Futuristic, sci-fi, digital art, hyper detailed. Bing Prompt: Generate an image of a farmer in space, looking over his crops, the crops are growing inside a futuristic spaceship. Futuristic, sci-fi, digital art, hyper detailed. A “Days…
-
Midjourney 2023/09/23: A Dinosaur sitting at a Victorian-style Restaurant
Prompt: “a dinosaur sitting at a Victorian-style restaurant, at a table with biscuits and sipping tea, digital art, high resolution” I was thinking about making some coffee on this Saturday morning, and that inspired a random thought: would dinosaurs seem more respectable when dressed for the victorian age … sipping tea?Also posted here –> on…
-
Exploring Midjourney!
I am, and will be using MidJourney to maintain a (near-) daily journal where I create/prompt images based on ideas and musings that strike me as interesting.
-
Threads Dev Interview #20: A fun conversation about Software, AI and No-code
I recently took part in an edition of the Threads Dev Interviews. Ryan Swanstrom conducts these awesome interviews, nearly every day on Threads, where he connects with developers on Threads, and interviews them — on Threads! It is a remarkable format, and I have seen nothing like it. These interviews have become part of my…
-
Threads Dev Interview #20: Are you aware of research work or new products being created for software testing with AI?
Are you aware of research work or new products being created for software testing with AI? [Threads] [Web Archive] Interestingly, Software Test Suite Generation is something that Software Engineering Research communities have been tackling for a while now! You have tools like Evosuite (evosuite.org) and Pex (microsoft.com/en-us…) that use tech like Genetic/Evolutionary algorithms or Symbolic…
-
Threads Dev Interview #20: What is one area of tech currently interesting you? And Why?
What is one area of tech currently interesting you? And Why? Software Testing. (I know! Boring!) But it has me fired up a lot lately. I’m deeply interested in how GenAI can help with writing software tests. It has me fired up, because when writing tests, you are doing something interesting: you get to define…
Winter Rant 