Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner is a Business Intelligence Developer at Progressive Insurance. He enjoys solving challenging data transformations with T-SQL and optimizing for query performance. In addition to BI development, Bert loves building ASP.NET MVC web apps and building Internet of Things projects.

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Talkie - a simple, private, responsive interface for LLMs

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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I like using ChatGPT. But I don't like the $20/month price tag for using OpenAI's app, especially given the API costs fractions of a cent.
So...

2024-06-26 (first published: 2024-06-10)

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Talkie - a simple, private, responsive interface for LLMs

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this video on YouTube
I like using ChatGPT. But I don't like the $20/month price tag for using OpenAI's app, especially given the API costs fractions of a cent.
So...

2024-06-10

1 reads

Crosstream - Efficient Cross-Server Joins on Slow Networks in Python

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Earlier this year I presented at PyCon 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT on the topic of "Efficient Cross-Server Data Joins on Slow Networks with Python". You can watch...

2023-11-22 (first published: 2023-11-13)

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Crosstream - Efficient Cross-Server Joins on Slow Networks in Python

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Earlier this year I presented at PyCon 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT on the topic of "Efficient Cross-Server Data Joins on Slow Networks with Python". You can watch...

2023-11-13

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jurn - A Command Line Tool for Keeping Track of Your Work

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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How do you keep track of your daily work accomplishments?
If you are like me, you wait until the end of the week and then...

2022-12-19

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jurn - A Command Line Tool for Keeping Track of Your Work

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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How do you keep track of your daily work accomplishments?
If you are like me, you wait until the end of the week and then...

2022-12-19

2 reads

Using curl to Automate Multipage Logins

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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I like solving the daily New York Times crossword on paper. However, logging in to download the PDF every day and printing it is...

2022-03-03

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Using curl to Automate Multipage Logins

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

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I like solving the daily New York Times crossword on paper. However, logging in to download the PDF every day and printing it is...

2022-03-03

2 reads

Recursively Querying Row Groups

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Recursively Querying Related Rows Recursive queries are fun to plan and write. They can be frustrating too depending on the complexity of the problem you are trying to solve....

2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)

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Recursively Querying Row Groups

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
Recursively Querying Related Rows
Recursive queries are fun to plan and write. They can be frustrating too depending on the complexity of the problem you...

2020-08-25

7 reads

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Bert Wagner

Talkie - a simple, private, responsive interface for LLMs

Talkie - a simple, private, responsive interface for LLMs

Crosstream - Efficient Cross-Server Joins on Slow Networks in Python

Crosstream - Efficient Cross-Server Joins on Slow Networks in Python

jurn - A Command Line Tool for Keeping Track of Your Work

jurn - A Command Line Tool for Keeping Track of Your Work

Using curl to Automate Multipage Logins

Using curl to Automate Multipage Logins

Recursively Querying Row Groups

Recursively Querying Row Groups

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