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    <title>DEV Community: Okerew</title>
    <description>The latest articles on DEV Community by Okerew (@okerew).</description>
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      <title>Improved the social and emotional system - larkos(neural web)</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/improved-the-social-and-emotional-system-larkosneural-web-57nn</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/improved-the-social-and-emotional-system-larkosneural-web-57nn</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Improved the social and emotional system, along with making the moral comapss work better, added comments for readability and fixed bugs in larkos(neural web) &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/larkos" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/larkos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also I forgot how the moral compass worked so added some comments there and improved it a bit so yeah.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>javascript</category>
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      <title>Bug fixes for larkos optimizations for other of my software</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/bug-fixes-for-larkos-optimizations-for-other-of-my-software-3613</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/bug-fixes-for-larkos-optimizations-for-other-of-my-software-3613</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Bug fixes for knowledge system, indetity system, some smalller parts to larkos &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/larkos" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/larkos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Optimizations on compile for:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/osxiec" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/osxiec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://github.com/MetalLikeCuda/gpumkat" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/MetalLikeCuda/gpumkat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Neural Web renamed to Larkos, fixes and improvements</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/neural-web-renamed-to-larkos-fixes-and-improvements-19c7</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/neural-web-renamed-to-larkos-fixes-and-improvements-19c7</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Improved neural kernels, code changes, simplified some functions, fixed bugs, removed pybinding version (still kept cuda pybinding version though) replaced it with C version ment to be used with ctypes, renamed project to larkos in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/larkos" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/larkos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>0.2.7 update for biobridge more fixes for neural web</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/027-update-for-biobridge-more-fixes-for-neural-web-5fp5</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/027-update-for-biobridge-more-fixes-for-neural-web-5fp5</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Added new neural definitions, added support for them to the image analyzer fixed some bugs in image analyzer in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Minor improvements to the emotional system and affective one along with bug fixes to &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have decided to remove the cuda and cpp versions as I am way to stupid to maintain the main functions there: from now on the metal version will show how the main function may look if you want to deal with metal and because this is the version I first develop it will be the most up to date but from now on it is expected to use the pybindings version with python instead of the cuda or cpp the install.sh file has been deleted in accordance with this.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Massive improvements for the emotional system in the neural web</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/massive-improvements-for-the-emotional-system-in-the-neural-web-3am2</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/massive-improvements-for-the-emotional-system-in-the-neural-web-3am2</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Massively improved the emotional system, added an affective representation, fixed bugs, put back thesis file which I accidently removed.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>c</category>
      <category>ai</category>
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      <category>python</category>
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      <title>Further updates</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/further-updates-2fp9</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/further-updates-2fp9</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Improved updating imagination creativity, further fixed main functionality usages in 64/86 code, added missing code to MacOS version, along with general improvments for better prediction. In Neural Web in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web&lt;/a&gt;. Code clean for osxiec 1.0 in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/okerew" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/okerew&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>programming</category>
      <category>c</category>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>docker</category>
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      <title>Bug fixes for neural web</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/bug-fixes-for-neural-web-1inm</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/bug-fixes-for-neural-web-1inm</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Made vocabulary and embedding code less likely to crash fixed bugs associated with this. Fixed even more mistakes in code fixed the metacognition parts, gradient feedback(out of bounds loop) function.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
We cooked as hell twin fr.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>c</category>
      <category>cpp</category>
      <category>python</category>
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      <title>The State of Programming and Innovation</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/the-state-of-programming-and-innovation-lo6</link>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The State of Programming and Innovation
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Over the years, I have gained a lot of experience in programming, and I have truly loved the journey.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yet I must admit a difficult truth. It feels like almost everything that could be invented in programming has already been made.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Quantum and AI Progress
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes, we are seeing progress in areas like quantum computing, but those machines are still far too expensive to make sense for the consumer market.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Artificial intelligence is also advancing rapidly, but even there, I have found limits.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The Neural Web
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the most ambitious projects I ever worked on was trying to recreate the human brain through what I called the neural web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I could not fully complete it, not only because it is not entirely possible, but also because I did not have enough resources to continue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had to merge what we already know about artificial intelligence with my own ideas about how the brain works.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not an AI genius. I taught myself programming. I am not an algorithm expert either.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you asked me to use Dijkstra's algorithm, I would probably need to look it up first.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The State of the Industry
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The truth is that this industry feels like it has reached a standstill.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Real innovation has slowed down, and much of what we see now is a focus on AI everywhere, even in places where it is neither needed nor useful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New AI first companies appear more often than new JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The Limits of AI in Development
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While AI has definitely brought positive changes to software engineering, it has also gone too far in some areas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tools that let AI access files, delete them, or push changes to repositories cross a line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AI should never have that kind of control.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AI assisted code completion can be helpful, but I have grown to dislike it because it often suggests the wrong code.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I still use AI for repetitive tasks here and there, but overall it has gone too far.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  My Own Coding Approach
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am not a coding genius. I am just someone who has learned to follow better standards.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I keep lines under eighty characters, improve formatting, and try to write cleaner code.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, I know that putting thousands of lines of code into one file is not a good habit.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Closing Thoughts
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The truth is, I am tired.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am tired of the endless frameworks, the constant AI first hype, and the feeling that coding is becoming less enjoyable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To summarize, the software industry is in a rough state.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But change is coming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Maybe soon we will see real innovation again, the kind that reminds us why we fell in love with programming in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;




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      <category>programming</category>
      <category>learning</category>
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      <title>New updates for biobridge and osxiec</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/new-updates-for-biobridge-and-osxiec-48cj</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/new-updates-for-biobridge-and-osxiec-48cj</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Improved the gel electrophoresis simulating to be better, removed control module in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Fixed wrong usage of execute_command in osxiec, Bumped json-c to 0.18 &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/osxiec" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/osxiec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>python</category>
      <category>c</category>
      <category>cli</category>
      <category>docker</category>
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      <title>New features for biobridge and neural web</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/new-features-for-biobridge-and-neural-web-1c8d</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/new-features-for-biobridge-and-neural-web-1c8d</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Improved the cell simulating even further by adding complexity, fixed bugs in &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
along with improving web searching in the neural web &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/Neural-Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>python</category>
      <category>c</category>
      <category>cpp</category>
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      <title>New features for od.nvim</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 20:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/new-features-for-odnvim-b28</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/new-features-for-odnvim-b28</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Added suspicious variable checking which can detect from runtime calls suspicious variables, saving and loading breakpoints, cleaned up run_debugger function.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/od.nvim" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/od.nvim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>vim</category>
      <category>extensions</category>
      <category>lua</category>
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      <title>Update 0.2 for biobridge</title>
      <dc:creator>Okerew</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/okerew/update-02-for-biobridge-2ak5</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/okerew/update-02-for-biobridge-2ak5</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Added more analyzers for biobridge: mri analyzer etc. Added wiki. Removed cpp code. Improved existing things added more definitions etc. &lt;a href="https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Okerew/biobridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>biology</category>
      <category>computerscience</category>
      <category>python</category>
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