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Interesting they are renting out agent skills. You can pick up "Java Modernization" at $20 a month for "Specialist workflows to help with modernizing Java appli
by Stevvo 2mo ago
Interesting they are renting out agent skills. You can pick up "Java Modernization" at $20 a month for "Specialist workflows to help with modernizing Java applications", or "IBM i" for "Specialist modes, workflows, and skills to work with IBM i applications".
- qsort 2mo agomarkdown as a service is crazy
- closetheloopdev 2mo agoI lol'd so hard at this comment that it hurt.
- azinman2 2mo agoIs it that diff from code as a service? It’s human intent transcribed into something useful.
- gspr 2mo agoCode is precise. Human intent is anything but.
- getatme32 2mo agoIBM hasn't made a product that works since Db2 so I am fairly confident this is a flaming pile of garbage.
- pytlicek 2mo agoNo, you are wrong. IBMer here. I was at first agains it, my background is for 2 decades startup(s) before I joined IBM, and I started slowly using IBM Bob and I must say it is really good and helping. With many integrations that works :)
- sroerick 2mo agoLol
- aslkajdfklnlkwn 2mo agolol, I've used it and Bob is a dumpster fire.
- fodkodrasz 2mo agoDo you have to have experience with AWS Kiro? I'd be interested in a comparision between them. :)
- pytlicek 2mo agorlly? cs it is IMHO based on anthropic / openai models. Perhaps they identified BFU and gave you some
- aslkajdfklnlkwn 2mo agoso it tops out at sonnet 4.5 as the largest model it will use. the harness gives you no choice in the model so you have to hope it doesn't decide your task isn't complex enough and auto-route you to a smaller/weaker model which you then go round and round in circles with where a larger model would've 1 shotted it
- Saline9515 2mo agoWhat is good about it then? What model do you use? Which integration are we talking about? Is it open source? How much the "transparent pricing" "bobcoin" is worth?
- nosefurhairdo 2mo agoIt's not good, they hide the model (their whole thing is hidden model routing to keep costs low, but predictably yields bad results), there are no novel integrations not available in any other harness, it's closed source, and bobcoin is worthless because it's only usable with Bob.
- _zoltan_ 2mo agoI wish you study the Wikipedia page, please. it's a very old company and we have invented really cool stuff. signed: a proud IBMer
- quietsegfault 2mo agoWhat makes you proud about IBM currently? IBM’s “RA” culture fostering Machiavellian politics, singleminded view of next quarter’s success, and asinine yet draconian bureaucracy are three out of MANY reasons why I’m embarrassed to have had IBM forced into my career and got the hell out as fast as possible each time.
- Stevvo 2mo agoI don't work at IBM but there are many things to admire. e.g. You can take software written 40 years and run on a new IBM system today without even recompiling it thanks to the Machine Interface. Have fun trying to run a 40 year old C++ program.
- jatora 2mo agoeasy. "claude, get this c++ program working" these types of moats are all but obliterated.
- alienbaby 2mo agoI have worked for IBM, I do gotta say I was impressed with what they are doing in storage.
- shellwizard 2mo agoNot an IBMer, but IBM MQ and Sterling Connect:Direct are both solid, I use them daily and they work wonderfully, although they can be a real bitch to set up and use in certain scenarios.
- getatme32 2mo agoA bit of hyperbole by me since db2 was made in 1983. But MQ was created in 1993. Sterling was an acquisition. The majority of products that actually work were acquired. Very little if anything of value since 2005+ that was actually IBM created. (Bob appears fully IBM created)
- SSLy 2mo agohow long before some hero puts them on github?
- 9cb14c1ec0 2mo agoDoes anyone actually care about what IBM's skill files say?
- sajithdilshan 2mo agoWhat do you mean by renting out an agent skill? How can one even rent a Skill? It’s just a markdown file
- valleyer 2mo agoIt could be added to context only on the inference server, with the model heavily instructed not to repeat its contents. Not foolproof, obviously.
- Someone 2mo agoYou periodically pay a fee that gives you the right to use a licensed markdown file, in the same way you can rent movies or fonts. When you stop paying but keep using the skill, that’s called pirating.
- aranelsurion 2mo agoBut if you point your LLM at it and say you want something like this, then it’s all ok. :) If you can’t legally copy it, just launder it through AI.
- fnord77 2mo agoso it's just a prompt?
- insane_dreamer 2mo agodepending on what the skill does, it can be a whole collection of python/other code files, resource files (i.e., js libs, css/html templates) and markdown files with orchestration instructions
- redhale 2mo agoThis is the most IBM thing IBM ever IBM'd.