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by adamddev1 2mo ago
This looks like a really cool idea. But since it's a new project and has all the Claude stuff I immediately feel unsure about the solidity and reliability of a security-critical piece for software like that. I wish I could go back to m
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
One of my favorite memes shows a kid having a conversation with his father in the car: Kid: Dad, why is my sister named Rose? Dad: Because your mother really like roses. Kid: Oh, ok, thanks Dad! Dad: No problem, Costco Hot-Dog!
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
> "Exponentially growing costs" I don't think people thing don't think enough about the exponentially growing costs with AI. The cost of tokens, the cost of bugs, the cost of technical debt, the cost of software bl
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
I moved to a self-hosted Forgejo, with a self-hosted runner on another cheap Hetzner server. It's amazing how clean, snappy, and reliable it is.
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
Here's a guy who does more than make simple, bloated end-user apps. He tries to dig into the code and make novel performance optimizations etc. He sees that AI can't code everything.
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
> by writing N parsers (“readers”) and M renderers (“writers”), one could support N × M conversions. Beautiful writeup for a wonderful project. In an age of vibe-coding hype it's also so nice to see how things can be extended and
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
One book probably doesn't do it. I know the LLMs have been trained on one particular book that explains some crucial things about the grammar of a low-resource language. The LLMs will sort of use the information, terms, and concepts
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
It almost feels like alchemy.
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
> In the same way high-level languages are a layer on top of writing machine code manually. Another layer, yes, but NOT "in the same way." It is a new, different kind of layer. The other layers were deterministic, not probabi
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by adamddev1 2mo ago
This looks great. It seems crazy how we got to this point where this is a revolutionary, unique product.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
But is the information really scanned and preserved for direct access? Or is it just trained into an LLM so that we can only get fuzzy answers about the information?
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
This is an excellent analogy that shows how LLMs are fundamentally different than linters, auto-complete, or transpilers.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Fair point, but I mean perhaps it's not fair for them to have to impose usage limits (which would limit everybody) when they could just make a decision to avoid certain types of projects (which they feel strongly about.)
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
They're not obligated to deal with the higher load brought on by people's LLM coded projects, CI pipelines etc. In order to keep things freed up and flexible for others, I think it's fair for them to say, "in this commun
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Making a principled ban against LLM would seem to allow for more freedom and flexibility with usage limits. People who are creating more by hand would still be allowed to have more breathing room. With a hard limit of resources everyone wou
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
> In addition, Codeberg conflates “having a community” with “being legitimate software worth hosting” I don't think this is a fair summary. I don't see this conflation in Codeberg's blog post. The words in quotation mark
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
I've seen some extremely unnatural ones, like börek that looks overstuffed or Afghan Kabuli Palau with what looked like chocolate squares instead of meat chunks! It feels like looking at sci-fi horror. The craziest offense I have ever
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Exactly. I've been trying to say this. Some people think that because people can write CRUD APIs and end-user apps with AI, no-one will need to write code anymore. There is so much to be built in terms of tooling and libraries where we
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
It's sad now to see a university library where students sit among endless shelves of amazing books, sitting on laptops, almost all of them with ChatGPT open. The library has become just a place to sit and open an LLM.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
And then the AI gets trained on the advice and information subreddits, and we see an exponential growth downwards in quality?
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
I see people talking about the negative experiences, and I'm sure they are real, but I also had some very positive experiences. I remember being amazed that some internet stranger took the time to understand my question and provide som
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
The book takes you through simpler examples, but I found that the exercises did an excellent job of drilling a kind of recursive problem solving skill into your head. You represent the data in types, and then keep breaking the problem down
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Natural language phrase generation in a very complex foreign language that follows recursive syntax trees. And making a GUI to handle and edit these syntax trees visually.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
How to Design Programs with Racket was life changing. https://htdp.org That helped me to think about recursion, functional programming, and type driven development. After going through HTDP I was able to breeze through complex p
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
> Using LLM is like hiring an unreliable translator when I already know the language. Fantastic analogy. And when you don't really know the language that well you're just amazed at the translator, like "wow you can speak r
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Yes! People judge the "usefulness" of the AI generated material by how much they can get away with using it themselves, now. But what happens when more and more is built on top of these generated falsehoods. The errors and chaos b
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
I remember when I was just learning how to code and making some web app, I had to do a lot more blind guessing and running. "Ok let me try this... Will that work now?" I remember staying up really late, feeling stuck to the comput
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
I really wish PWAs were more well-known among average users. If people knew and expected they could install certain websites as apps, that would simplify things so much and really balance the power of the app stores.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
All those things (handsaws, tracksaws, CNC saws) are analogous to deterministic, clearly designed tools (assemblers, compilers, language servers). The jump to LLMs is a jump to a completely different category.
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by adamddev1 3mo ago
Thanks for the answer. From what I can see, most people who are enthusiastic and optimistic about AI use are producing end-user apps, internal tools (limited use) or just hobby libraries. The fuzziness may be tolerable on the edges of immed

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