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oh wow, thanks for submitting this! I'm literally prepping to give a talk about smol right now so i dont have a ton of time to write, but i made this to articul
by swyx 3y ago
oh wow, thanks for submitting this! I'm literally prepping to give a talk about smol right now so i dont have a ton of time to write, but i made this to articulate what i felt the right balance was between human and ai developer, and, in a smoller way, to solve all my future small programming problems (i make a ton of custom chrome extensions for myself to enhance my experience - see https://github.com/sw-yx/Twitter-Links-beta https://github.com/sw-yx/Twitter-Links-beta and https://github.com/sw-yx/HNX https://github.com/sw-yx/HNX), and i think AI greatly lowers the bar for making these fiddly things even with nasty gotchas like the Manifest V2-v3 transition.)
those who want the "big brain" moment, i'd maybe draw your attention to `prompt.md`. that whole markdown file is the prompt now. i developed this in tandem with my smol ai developer. it generates the anthropic 100k context chrome extension shown in the video, but a few things are neatly handled in the prompt, like swapping models as needed.
there's a lot left to do. i have plans for `smol plan`, and `smol developer` needs to be able to install and run its own dependencies. i also definitely want to run a fleet of 5 developers concurrently fuzzing out different plans and checking into git so that i just do code review every 30 mins. that kind of stuff.
yes this runs up the openai costs. but im wiling to pay something to get smol stuff like this off my mind. its not good yet, but its good-shaped.
- swyx 3y agosmol ai enjoyers may also like my other app https://github.com/smol-ai/menubar/ https://github.com/smol-ai/menubar/
- xrd 3y agoJust heard you on the svelte podcast discussing all the opportunities for AI. And now this. ;)
- swyx 3y agohaha thank you for listening! if you listen closely enough to svelte radio over the past year you can see me trace my slow descent into AI madness haha
- xrd 3y agoIf you are talking to someone who scans Craigslist every day for extra Nvidia cards, it doesn't sound like a descent into madness. I'm an avid listener for years (even a sponsor last year: ExtraStatic). I'm even more excited about your new podcast!
- swyx 3y agothanks so much for your support!