Dave’s Garage
Overview
Dave’s Garage is a platform dedicated to exploring the intricacies of technology and demystifying complex concepts through hands-on experiments and detailed explanations.
Notable Experiments & Videos
Demystifying AI: Transformer Training on a 1979 PDP-11
Clip title: EXPOSED: The Dirty Little Secret of AI (On a 1979 PDP-11) Author / channel: Dave’s Garage URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUE3FSIk46g
Summary
The video, presented by Dave, aims to demystify the training process of a neural network by running a transformer on a vintage 1979 44 computer. Unlike modern cloud clusters with thousands of GPUs, this system operates with a single 6MHz CPU and a mere 64KB of RAM (though later upgraded to 4MB). The core idea, Dave argues, is not magical or new; rather, it showcases the fundamental principles that underpin current AI advancements.
Key Points
- Utilization of vintage hardware to demonstrate AI fundamentals.
Advanced Google Search Techniques
Clip title: Super GOOGLE: Top 12 Advanced Search Techniques Author / channel: Dave’s Garage URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-2YMhMu5Lc Backlink: 2026 04 21 12 Advanced Google Search Techniques for Precision and Effective Results
Summary
- Demonstrates 12 advanced search engine techniques to revolutionize information retrieval by making Google searches faster and more effective.
Source Notes
- 2026-04-14: [[lab-notes/2026-04-14-Optimizing-AI-Costs-and-Privacy-with-Local-Open-Source-Models-and-Hybr|“But OpenClaw is expensive…“]]
- 2026-04-14: [[lab-notes/2026-04-14-Optimizing-AI-Costs-and-Privacy-with-Local-Open-Source-Models-and-Hybr|“But OpenClaw is expensive…“]]
- 2026-04-13: EXPOSED: The Dirty Little Secret of AI (On a 1979 PDP-11)
- 2026-04-21: [[lab-notes/2026-04-21-12-Advanced-Google-Search-Techniques-for-Precision-and-Effective-Results|12 Advanced Google Search Techniques for Precision and Effective Results]]