# General **URL:** https://nlp.discourse.group/c/general/4.md [Latest](https://nlp.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://nlp.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://nlp.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative! 👋](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-natural-language-understanding-global-initiative/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-natural-language-understanding-global-initiative/5 "2024-07-24T10:06:04Z")
We are so glad you joined us. Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative Migrating linguistic and world knowledge to computers via the NLP++ engineering framework Here are some things you can do to get started: … --- ## [About the General category](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/about-the-general-category/3)
**Author:** [@system](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Update on the NLP Engine and VisualText](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/update-on-the-nlp-engine-and-visualtext/90)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/update-on-the-nlp-engine-and-visualtext/90 "2026-08-27T22:02:28Z")
Since July 4 the VisualText org has seen 688 commits across 20 repositories — 504 of them non-merge — and a lot of it lands in places you’ll notice. Here’s the whole sweep. The headline numbers: Component July 3 To… --- ## [NLP++ Weekly: help system, LLM prompts, load-time visibility, and a busy release week](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/nlp-weekly-help-system-llm-prompts-load-time-visibility-and-a-busy-release-week/76)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/nlp-weekly-help-system-llm-prompts-load-time-visibility-and-a-busy-release-week/76 "2026-07-04T12:09:06Z")
Big week — lots of small, practical improvements that add up. Let me walk through the themes. New in-editor help system + LLM prompt library I landed a real help panel inside the VS Code extension (3.2.0), with: A bui… --- ## [Regression testing gets sharper, and full cp313 wheels land for nlpengine](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/regression-testing-gets-sharper-and-full-cp313-wheels-land-for-nlpengine/84)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/regression-testing-gets-sharper-and-full-cp313-wheels-land-for-nlpengine/84 "2026-06-29T13:00:00Z")
Light week on commit count but real, useful work in two areas: tightening up regression testing in the VS Code extension, and finally getting complete Python wheel coverage for the nlpengine package. Regression testing … --- ## [Unicode string fixes, python passes go anywhere, and a much smoother release pipeline](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/unicode-string-fixes-python-passes-go-anywhere-and-a-much-smoother-release-pipeline/83)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/unicode-string-fixes-python-passes-go-anywhere-and-a-much-smoother-release-pipeline/83 "2026-06-22T13:00:00Z")
This was a heavy engine week — 113 commits, no PRs (I’ve been working mostly solo on these fixes), and a wall of releases. Let me explain why there are so many version bumps, because it looks alarming in the log but it’s… --- ## [Lazy dictionaries, parse-tree surgery, and a faster compile-check cycle](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/lazy-dictionaries-parse-tree-surgery-and-a-faster-compile-check-cycle/82)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/lazy-dictionaries-parse-tree-surgery-and-a-faster-compile-check-cycle/82 "2026-06-15T13:00:00Z")
Busy week on the engine side — six point releases in five days, from v3.2.0 up through v3.6.0, plus the usual mirrored builds in the Windows/Linux/Mac packages and a couple of housekeeping releases in vscode-nlp. Let me … --- ## [Cross-platform compile mode ships everywhere, plus a self-percolating release pipeline](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/cross-platform-compile-mode-ships-everywhere-plus-a-self-percolating-release-pipeline/81)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/cross-platform-compile-mode-ships-everywhere-plus-a-self-percolating-release-pipeline/81 "2026-06-08T13:00:00Z")
Big engineering week — 168 commits and 67 releases across the stack, most of it plumbing that makes the next set of features possible. Here’s the rundown, organized by what actually matters. Full analyzer compile now wo… --- ## [A week in the compiled-mode trenches (plus cloud/Linux build fixes)](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/a-week-in-the-compiled-mode-trenches-plus-cloud-linux-build-fixes/80)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/a-week-in-the-compiled-mode-trenches-plus-cloud-linux-build-fixes/80 "2026-06-01T13:00:00Z")
This was one of those weeks where the changelog looks chaotic but the story underneath is simple: I went hard at making compiled NLP++ analyzers and knowledge bases actually run correctly, and I fixed the cloud/Linux/mac… --- ## [Compiling analayzers and KB](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/compiling-analayzers-and-kb/72)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/compiling-analayzers-and-kb/72 "2026-05-31T11:57:06Z")
Working on version 3 which includes compiling analyzers and KBs --- ## [Cross-platform analyzer compiling lands, plus a cloud compile path in VS Code](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/cross-platform-analyzer-compiling-lands-plus-a-cloud-compile-path-in-vs-code/79)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/cross-platform-analyzer-compiling-lands-plus-a-cloud-compile-path-in-vs-code/79 "2026-05-25T13:00:00Z")
Big week — the kind where most of the churn is invisible to end users but sets up things I’ve wanted working for months: compiling analyzers and knowledge bases on Windows, Linux, and Mac from the packaged engine repos, … --- ## [Compile-only KB support lands, plus a week of CI plumbing](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/compile-only-kb-support-lands-plus-a-week-of-ci-plumbing/78)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/compile-only-kb-support-lands-plus-a-week-of-ci-plumbing/78 "2026-05-18T13:00:00Z")
Most of this week went into two things: a genuinely useful new feature (compiling just the KB without re-running the full analyzer) and a bunch of unglamorous but necessary CI/build fixes that had been nagging at me. Her… --- ## [NLP Engine v3: compiled analyzers land, plus a week of CI plumbing](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/nlp-engine-v3-compiled-analyzers-land-plus-a-week-of-ci-plumbing/77)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/nlp-engine-v3-compiled-analyzers-land-plus-a-week-of-ci-plumbing/77 "2026-05-11T13:00:00Z")
Big one this week: NLP Engine version 3 is out, and the headline feature is the new -COMPILE flag. Compile your analyzer and KB straight from the command line Up until now, getting from NLP++ source to a compiled analyz… --- ## [Swahili Dictionary](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41 "2025-06-22T11:45:26Z")
@\_esilas , do you know of any existing Swahili dictionaries with parts of speech (noun, verb, etc) that we can convert to an NLP++ .dict file? --- ## [First Hindi Dictionary](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/first-hindi-dictionary/38)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/first-hindi-dictionary/38 "2025-03-10T00:25:26Z")
I have created a Hindi dictionary from this repository: bdrillard/english-hindi-dictionary: An English to Hindi Dictionary. I have a python script in my own repository here: dehilster-analyzers/Languages/Hindi/Hindi at … --- ## [Working on NLPFix wbsite](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/working-on-nlpfix-wbsite/26)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/working-on-nlpfix-wbsite/26 "2024-10-09T02:18:20Z")
Working on the NLP fix website with a demo of the NLP++ technology. --- ## [Elevator Pitch for Funding NLP++ Development](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/elevator-pitch-for-funding-nlp-development/25)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/elevator-pitch-for-funding-nlp-development/25 "2024-08-01T22:29:21Z")
@meyersamnon NLP++ is unique groundbreaking technology that addresses over 80% of untapped NLP data extraction currently performed by human readers. It fills the huge gap between the simple character rules of regex to u… --- ## [Progress on Ollama English Dictionary Processing](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/progress-on-ollama-english-dictionary-processing/15)
**Author:** [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/progress-on-ollama-english-dictionary-processing/15 "2024-07-29T17:40:11Z")
Continuing to process the letters. Currently on the letter “U”.