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The whole website is apparently all static hand-edited HTML files (https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1679954215588823040 https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/

The whole website is apparently all static hand-edited HTML files (https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1679954215588823040 https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1679954215588823040), so any train company policy changes involve a large-scale find-replace operation (https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1671815739236401153 https://twitter.com/seatsixtyone/status/1671815739236401153).

ydant 3y ago
He should add AI to his site! Not really - the site is great as-is and there's nothing wrong with this approach. It looks like it works really well for Mr. 61. But I'd imagine it'd be pretty helpful to write tools to help with maintaining the site which do leverage LLM models. Do a combination of search + AI to rewrite + reviewing the individual edits (e.g. through selective git adds). That's actually a plus in favor of flat files - it's all just code and the tools are plentiful. It's very "Unix" and hacker friendly. I'm imagining a tool like https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider (which I haven't tried yet, but it looks useful for this kind of effort).
- Nevermark 3y ago
  A tuned chatbot wouldn’t be a bad idea. The data/knowledge is there in high density. Someone is going to scrape this site and benefit themselves, travelers, and travel providers - would be nice if it was its creator. There are few organizations or useful sites with immunity to AI’s impact.
  - mplewis 3y ago
    The site has a perfectly functional search bar. There’s no need for AI here.
    - Nevermark 3y ago
      I feel like making a comment about how yesterday that viewpoint is. But I won't. [0] We are increasingly going to take for granted that we can talk with information. Sometimes we just need some facts. Search is great for that. Other times we need to find solutions for problems that span multiple information areas. Which isn't something search excels at. Like finding a set of travel arrangements and dates for several friends to come together at some location, given each persons travel context involves different challenges or factors. A plethora of schedules and travel advice only gets you so far on a problem like that. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis
- fckgw 3y ago
  Or he could just use a bog standard CMS (and even publish to static HTML!) Why are we trying to cram AI into everything that doesn't need it?
  - ydant 3y ago
    He mentioned that different wording choices causes problems with bulk search and replace. This is the kind of thing LLMs can be really useful for. That and other recently hyped related technologies are all about understanding and processing natural language text and this is exactly what the original stated problem is about. A CMS likely just moves the text into a different storage medium and doesn't address the stated problem.
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ydant 3y ago

He should add AI to his site! Not really - the site is great as-is and there's nothing wrong with this approach. It looks like it works really well for Mr. 61. But I'd imagine it'd be pretty helpful to write tools to help with maintaining the site which do leverage LLM models. Do a combination of search + AI to rewrite + reviewing the individual edits (e.g. through selective git adds). That's actually a plus in favor of flat files - it's all just code and the tools are plentiful. It's very "Unix" and hacker friendly. I'm imagining a tool like https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider (which I haven't tried yet, but it looks useful for this kind of effort).

Nevermark 3y ago
A tuned chatbot wouldn’t be a bad idea. The data/knowledge is there in high density. Someone is going to scrape this site and benefit themselves, travelers, and travel providers - would be nice if it was its creator. There are few organizations or useful sites with immunity to AI’s impact.
- mplewis 3y ago
  The site has a perfectly functional search bar. There’s no need for AI here.
  - Nevermark 3y ago
    I feel like making a comment about how yesterday that viewpoint is. But I won't. [0] We are increasingly going to take for granted that we can talk with information. Sometimes we just need some facts. Search is great for that. Other times we need to find solutions for problems that span multiple information areas. Which isn't something search excels at. Like finding a set of travel arrangements and dates for several friends to come together at some location, given each persons travel context involves different challenges or factors. A plethora of schedules and travel advice only gets you so far on a problem like that. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis
fckgw 3y ago
Or he could just use a bog standard CMS (and even publish to static HTML!) Why are we trying to cram AI into everything that doesn't need it?
- ydant 3y ago
  He mentioned that different wording choices causes problems with bulk search and replace. This is the kind of thing LLMs can be really useful for. That and other recently hyped related technologies are all about understanding and processing natural language text and this is exactly what the original stated problem is about. A CMS likely just moves the text into a different storage medium and doesn't address the stated problem.

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