SSAB - October 1, 2025

New month! Happy China Day!? 5,000 years of history but today is China Day.
Liked today’s hotel breakfast! Will it last? They had ham at breakfast this morning, and goodie bags for kids! (They gave me one). Gotta be careful how much I eat because then I’m just lethargic after!
Workouts in! First kilometer was in 8.39, restarted the watch ,next 6.15km was in 33.34. Kilometer 5 was run in 5 minutes, so had a good pace going. Afternoon was into the weight room for legs, chest, and some accessories.
Finished Week 2 assignment! Building a “human-like” AI agent, which really just taught me how to build my own MCP and that Google offers its search API through Serp API (250 searches per month).
Finally finished Season 3 of Billions! Been watching clips of Sopranos (haven’t finished yet), working through House of Cards Season 6. And… watching gaming videos on Youtube!
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Hope you have a good National Day break!!
00:00 Introduction and China Day Celebration03:13 Hotel Breakfast Experience05:46 Food Coma and Supplements09:26 Running and Workout Routine13:28 AI Agent Bootcamp Insights18:29 Exploring Free Self-Hosting Options19:15 Comparing N8N and Zapier20:44 Building My First MCP21:01 Accessing Google Search API21:40 Deep Seek API and Chinese Applications24:16 Creating a Basic LLM with RAG25:57 Reflections on the AI Bootcamp28:17 Balancing AI Bootcamp and Personal Projects29:11 Watching TV Shows and YouTube Clips32:55 Upcoming Plans and Language Vlog34:26 Concluding Thoughts and Farewell