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Such a weak take. Yes it's simple, but he wrote it without knowing anything about the underlying flight data API. That's awesome!

m3kw9 3y ago
I’m just saying a lot of us are past that initial wow of it making these functions. I can even say people that are still impressed as “hill billies”
- djohnston 3y ago
  lol I mean... I guess. I guess I'm also too simple to grasp this blasé attitude towards the most exciting tech I've seen in years.
  - timacles 3y ago
    I agree it is cool and extremely useful and the other posts are a bit cynical But it’s really just a really effective search engine. It works great for info that’s plentiful online and does a great job with aggregating it for specific examples. But it isn’t anything you can’t just google yourself with some more effort.
  - mensetmanusman 3y ago
    OP is talked about here: https://youtu.be/PdFB7q89_3U?si=OsCBShLdsHMZRefb https://youtu.be/PdFB7q89_3U?si=OsCBShLdsHMZRefb
m00x 3y ago
You could also just copy one of the many, many repos that are out there that do just this. It's not a good example.
- djohnston 3y ago
  Of course it is. Instead of searching github and copying code you can just ask a language model to write it for you instantly. I get that this isn't in the top 50% of impressive stuff LLMs can do, but it's clearly more efficient than what you're suggesting.
  - simbolit 3y ago
    The problem is that "write it for you" implies something beyond copy-pasting, and people are complaining that this is one of the most copy-paste-y example possible. I think if proponents would use different language, there would be less complaining (but also less hype).
- ufmace 3y ago
  That's the thing. There are a lot of examples of stuff out there that does this, some of which are probably already on the web. If you just wanted the results or a working thingy with no effort, you can use someone else's or clone a repo etc. Most of the reason for building something like this yourself is to learn more about the APIs of the data sources, the browser, the language, etc. You get none of that when copying someone else's code, or when asking ChatGPT to do it for you. So why bother?

m3kw9 3y ago

I’m just saying a lot of us are past that initial wow of it making these functions. I can even say people that are still impressed as “hill billies”

djohnston 3y ago
lol I mean... I guess. I guess I'm also too simple to grasp this blasé attitude towards the most exciting tech I've seen in years.
- timacles 3y ago
  I agree it is cool and extremely useful and the other posts are a bit cynical But it’s really just a really effective search engine. It works great for info that’s plentiful online and does a great job with aggregating it for specific examples. But it isn’t anything you can’t just google yourself with some more effort.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  OP is talked about here: https://youtu.be/PdFB7q89_3U?si=OsCBShLdsHMZRefb https://youtu.be/PdFB7q89_3U?si=OsCBShLdsHMZRefb

m00x 3y ago

You could also just copy one of the many, many repos that are out there that do just this. It's not a good example.

djohnston 3y ago
Of course it is. Instead of searching github and copying code you can just ask a language model to write it for you instantly. I get that this isn't in the top 50% of impressive stuff LLMs can do, but it's clearly more efficient than what you're suggesting.
- simbolit 3y ago
  The problem is that "write it for you" implies something beyond copy-pasting, and people are complaining that this is one of the most copy-paste-y example possible. I think if proponents would use different language, there would be less complaining (but also less hype).
ufmace 3y ago
That's the thing. There are a lot of examples of stuff out there that does this, some of which are probably already on the web. If you just wanted the results or a working thingy with no effort, you can use someone else's or clone a repo etc. Most of the reason for building something like this yourself is to learn more about the APIs of the data sources, the browser, the language, etc. You get none of that when copying someone else's code, or when asking ChatGPT to do it for you. So why bother?