Parsing all possible emails is kind of touch (National Parks) | Build in public E111

· May 09 · Episode 111
All right, this is my daily update for All right, this is my daily update for All right, this is my daily update for my build and public log. Uh, this is my build and public log. Uh, this is my build and public log. Uh, this is going to be a quick one. I don’t again I going to be a quick one. I don’t again I going to be a quick one. I don’t again I don’t have much to show. Um, I’m working don’t have much to show. Um, I’m working don’t have much to show. Um, I’m working on the email summarizer agent and I’m on the email summarizer agent and I’m on the email summarizer agent and I’m doing a lot of work on the back end to doing a lot of work on the back end to doing a lot of work on the back end to um to be able to correctly parse and um to be able to correctly parse and um to be able to correctly parse and clean up any and all emails. I want this clean up any and all emails. I want this clean up any and all emails. I want this to be used by anybody. And yeah, it’s to be used by anybody. And yeah, it’s to be used by anybody. And yeah, it’s kind of a lot of work to get the emails kind of a lot of work to get the emails kind of a lot of work to get the emails in exactly the right format, exactly how in exactly the right format, exactly how in exactly the right format, exactly how I want it to to be for the data you get I want it to to be for the data you get I want it to to be for the data you get back from the agent back from the agent back from the agent and send off that email to an LLM to and send off that email to an LLM to and send off that email to an LLM to actually do the AI part. I hope I can actually do the AI part. I hope I can actually do the AI part. I hope I can have this wrapped up or at least mostly have this wrapped up or at least mostly have this wrapped up or at least mostly wrapped up by uh this weekend. So, I did wrapped up by uh this weekend. So, I did wrapped up by uh this weekend. So, I did I need one good day to just sit and I need one good day to just sit and I need one good day to just sit and focus on this whole day. Uh, right now focus on this whole day. Uh, right now focus on this whole day. Uh, right now I’m just doing the one hour a day thing I’m just doing the one hour a day thing I’m just doing the one hour a day thing because that’s all I have time for. I because that’s all I have time for. I because that’s all I have time for. I have a basically a full-time job right have a basically a full-time job right have a basically a full-time job right now. Uh, it’s a it’s a freelance gig, now. Uh, it’s a it’s a freelance gig, now. Uh, it’s a it’s a freelance gig, but uh it’s kind of a threemonth plus but uh it’s kind of a threemonth plus but uh it’s kind of a threemonth plus full-time job. It’s a slog through the full-time job. It’s a slog through the full-time job. It’s a slog through the week. I get just a bit done every day week. I get just a bit done every day week. I get just a bit done every day and then the weekends are when I and then the weekends are when I and then the weekends are when I actually get to actually get to actually get to do real focus works. That’s it for today do real focus works. That’s it for today do real focus works. That’s it for today really. Let’s jump really. Let’s jump really. Let’s jump into questions and comments. No into questions and comments. No into questions and comments. No questions and comments today. Yeah, it’s questions and comments today. Yeah, it’s questions and comments today. Yeah, it’s been a slow week. I might So, I just been a slow week. I might So, I just been a slow week. I might So, I just mentioned working on the weekends and mentioned working on the weekends and mentioned working on the weekends and how that’s my time to focus and really how that’s my time to focus and really how that’s my time to focus and really get done. is also the only very get done. is also the only very get done. is also the only very little time I get to try to relax and little time I get to try to relax and little time I get to try to relax and get away from the computer. Um, I get away from the computer. Um, I get away from the computer. Um, I find find it a lot better when I get out find find it a lot better when I get out find find it a lot better when I get out of the house and away from the screen, of the house and away from the screen, of the house and away from the screen, like very far away from any screen. Uh, like very far away from any screen. Uh, like very far away from any screen. Uh, I I find it mentally better to get into I I find it mentally better to get into I I find it mentally better to get into nature. And so I might go to a national nature. And so I might go to a national nature. And so I might go to a national park that I’ve never been to. I would park that I’ve never been to. I would park that I’ve never been to. I would really, really, really like to go to really, really, really like to go to really, really, really like to go to this national park because I kind of this national park because I kind of this national park because I kind of have like a have like a have like a somewhat dream goal, not very serious, somewhat dream goal, not very serious, somewhat dream goal, not very serious, to visit every national park in America. to visit every national park in America. to visit every national park in America. Now, there’s a lot um and these are Now, there’s a lot um and these are Now, there’s a lot um and these are pretty hardcore up here, but I’ve been pretty hardcore up here, but I’ve been pretty hardcore up here, but I’ve been to quite a few of them. Uh I’ve done a to quite a few of them. Uh I’ve done a to quite a few of them. Uh I’ve done a lot more traveling out of the US than in lot more traveling out of the US than in lot more traveling out of the US than in the US, but same. But that this would be the US, but same. But that this would be the US, but same. But that this would be so cool to go to every one of them. I so cool to go to every one of them. I so cool to go to every one of them. I think this would be that would be a think this would be that would be a think this would be that would be a pretty epic trip to to go try to do all pretty epic trip to to go try to do all pretty epic trip to to go try to do all those in like I don’t know a summer or I those in like I don’t know a summer or I those in like I don’t know a summer or I don’t know like in one year. Think about don’t know like in one year. Think about don’t know like in one year. Think about a lot of these you can’t go to in the uh a lot of these you can’t go to in the uh a lot of these you can’t go to in the uh in the winter. I mean or you can but not in the winter. I mean or you can but not in the winter. I mean or you can but not all of them. So I don’t know. We’ll see. all of them. So I don’t know. We’ll see. all of them. So I don’t know. We’ll see. But I’m looking to go But I’m looking to go But I’m looking to go to one in California that I’ve never to one in California that I’ve never to one in California that I’ve never been to. I been to. I been to. I didn’t see out to go to a bunch of didn’t see out to go to a bunch of didn’t see out to go to a bunch of national parks, but in my travels, I national parks, but in my travels, I national parks, but in my travels, I kind of just ended up going to a lot of kind of just ended up going to a lot of kind of just ended up going to a lot of them. Yellowstone, them. Yellowstone, them. Yellowstone, uh, extremely magical. I really highly uh, extremely magical. I really highly uh, extremely magical. I really highly recommend going there. Um, obviously recommend going there. Um, obviously recommend going there. Um, obviously these guys right here in California, these guys right here in California, these guys right here in California, can’t go wrong with any of these. Um, can’t go wrong with any of these. Um, can’t go wrong with any of these. Um, that’s that’s that’s Yuseimite. This is uh, Sequoia. That’s Yuseimite. This is uh, Sequoia. That’s Yuseimite. This is uh, Sequoia. That’s one of my personal favorites. one of my personal favorites. one of my personal favorites. Yellowstone magical weird weird energy. Yellowstone magical weird weird energy. Yellowstone magical weird weird energy. Really special place. Um, highly highly Really special place. Um, highly highly Really special place. Um, highly highly recommend that. But I’ve been to a bunch recommend that. But I’ve been to a bunch recommend that. But I’ve been to a bunch of other ones. I have driven across the of other ones. I have driven across the of other ones. I have driven across the United States coast to coast starting at United States coast to coast starting at United States coast to coast starting at the coast here. I went all the way up the coast here. I went all the way up the coast here. I went all the way up here to Canada, down here, all the way here to Canada, down here, all the way here to Canada, down here, all the way to the coast here, all the way back to the coast here, all the way back to the coast here, all the way back down. So, I have done like a cross down. So, I have done like a cross down. So, I have done like a cross country trip before. It’s crazy. Um, country trip before. It’s crazy. Um, country trip before. It’s crazy. Um, that’s how I went to a bunch of these uh that’s how I went to a bunch of these uh that’s how I went to a bunch of these uh bunch of these national parks. But uh bunch of these national parks. But uh bunch of these national parks. But uh but I don’t know. It’s like there’s but I don’t know. It’s like there’s but I don’t know. It’s like there’s national parks and then national parks and then national parks and then there’s national forest, national there’s national forest, national there’s national forest, national monuments. I’ve been to a bunch of the monuments. I’ve been to a bunch of the monuments. I’ve been to a bunch of the monuments. Been to a bunch of the forest monuments. Been to a bunch of the forest monuments. Been to a bunch of the forest like national forest. So national parks like national forest. So national parks like national forest. So national parks are cool, but there’s a lot of other are cool, but there’s a lot of other are cool, but there’s a lot of other cool places that are not national parks. cool places that are not national parks. cool places that are not national parks. So I don’t know. We’ll see. I’m I’m I’m So I don’t know. We’ll see. I’m I’m I’m So I don’t know. We’ll see. I’m I’m I’m excited to go to this one that I’ve excited to go to this one that I’ve excited to go to this one that I’ve never been to. So that’s all I got for never been to. So that’s all I got for never been to. So that’s all I got for today. Uh, I will really try to have today. Uh, I will really try to have today. Uh, I will really try to have something more interesting to show and something more interesting to show and something more interesting to show and give you to play with for free uh by the give you to play with for free uh by the give you to play with for free uh by the end of this week. end of this week. end of this week. CMA.

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I’m making slow progress on the next AI Agent, but it’s tough reading, cleaning, and parsing any possible email.

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Summary

Daily Update - Build and Public Log I provided a detailed update on my progress and challenges working on my email summarizer agent. I explained that I am dedicating time to enhancing the backend so that emails are accurately parsed and cleaned before being sent to an LLM for AI processing. Despite juggling a full-time freelance job, I am trying to spend focused weekends on this project. I also shared my personal ambition to visit every national park in America, mentioning past visits to Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Sequoia, and expressing my excitement about exploring a new national park in California. This update reflects my commitment to advancing my technical work while also pursuing personal passions and achieving a balance between work and leisure.

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