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Isn't there a better word than harness? I understand the metaphor of leading and constraining a raw power - but I don't like it.
by zbyforgotpass 6mo ago
Isn't there a better word than harness? I understand the metaphor of leading and constraining a raw power - but I don't like it.
- sweetjuly 6mo agoWhat's the concern? Harness tends to be fairly common in the context of "shim program which manages some other program" (see: "test harness", "fuzzing harness", etc.)
- paradite 6mo agoIt’s just a fancy way of saying scaffolding.
- arcanemachiner 6mo agoPerhaps you would care to propose an alternative?
- zbyforgotpass 6mo agoMy favorite would be llm runtime.
- addandsubtract 6mo agoIt's kinda ironic that everything has become an "app" over the past 10 years. Facebook is an "app", Reddit is an "app", your bank is an "app". However, the one time we actually introduce an app to execute our LLM calls, we don't call it an "app"? Wat.