That said, I'm a local-first user. Not trusting own/client information to be sent off onto the internet, so I'm using a local inference engine (llama.cpp) with a model that seems OK (Qwen2.5 Coder 7B).

Tried DeepSeek... and not sure what the rave is about. The Qwen model gives better results (faster).

My knowledge is still limited and I do not claim to be an expert 😀

@plexus Mixed - I think it's oversold everywhere. It's not the superpower that is punted all over.
Or I'm just living under a rock.

It's great at exploring new areas where I don't know much, but I always start with the mindset that the response/result needs to be verified.

Other times it just gets in the way.

Honestly, I was late to the game and very sceptical, but have started to embrace it where possible.

It's _not_ a silver bullet.

@Ardubal @jackdaniel @samebchase @carlozancanaro @cage @sigue @lispm

;; continue ...

First tried an `ALIST` and that didn't do what I expected. Tried what the description says (list of even number of elements) and voila! Happy days 🤓

@Ardubal @jackdaniel @samebchase @carlozancanaro @cage @sigue @lispm

After all the input, it lead me to https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/26_glo_p.htm#property_list

---
property list n. 1. a list containing an even number of elements that are alternating names (sometimes called indicators or keys) and values (sometimes called properties).
---

`describe` didn't work on a list (or rather a result row) so I used `type-of` and it could only tell me it's a `CONS`. That didn't lead me anywhere at the time.

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Thank you to each participant! That's a lot more participation than I expected... it feels a bit like a lonely road 😅

Every response was helpful and gave me a better picture. I appreciate it. _tips hat_

@Ardubal @jackdaniel @samebchase @carlozancanaro @cage @sigue @lispm

In list `'(id 1 name :name)`, `(getf list 'name)` returns `:NAME`.

In list `'(:id 1 :name :foo)` I can get the value for `:id` using `(getf list :id)`.

But I can't figure out how to do or represent the `:|abc|`-symbol.