eschluntz

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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   So many abbreviations being obvious was really key to me being able to memorize them. I just think "how would I abbreviate this" and that's almost always what my abbreviation actually is
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   I have a windows computer as well (mainly for EE tools and gaming) and have been thinking about extending this to also generate configs for AutoHotkey
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   guilty as charged. People trying to type on my computer is even worse though haha
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   ooh love it! I also have a HUGE bash aliases file, but that's all manually constructed, not automatic. some favs: cm = git commit -m st = git status inst = sudo apt get install -y fucking = sudo
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   I tried for a bit using abbreviations while coding as well, but I kept running into variable names that I wanted to use
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   My main motivation was very fast slack conversations (Can you post a screenshot?) and a bunch of email responses that are pretty formulaic (sending my calendly link, etc). For longer writing I'm often frustrated that I can think faster
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   I thought about using a keylogger as a data source, but then I'd have to wait another 6 months to have 6 months worth of data :)
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   Yup, it doesn't run automatically for exactly this reason. It outputs "suggested_shortcuts.yaml" and I can copy and paste from that into "shortcuts.yaml" so I have manual control over which shortcuts are live :)
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   by eschluntz 3y ago

   That is cool! I use Autokey under the hood, but I'll check out Espanso as well
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Also the most surprising part of doing this was seeing that abbreviating super short words like "the" -> "t" actually saves far more characters overall than abbreviating long words and phrases that are less common, li
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    I also wrote a blog post with video about the project: https://erikschluntz.com/software/2023/08/26/compressing-my-... This has been one of the rare side projects that has actually saved me more time tha
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    Show HN: I automated half of my typing(github.com)

    815 points by eschluntz 3y ago|313 comments
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Author here - I'm not eliminating anything, I'm using keyboard shortcuts :) t -> the st -> something iirc -> if I remember correctly etc. I autogenerated 200 abbreviations from analyzing 6 months of my writing on slack
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    I autogenerated all of these based on how many characters of typing they'd save me from looking at 6 months of data. I was also super surprised that abbreviating "the -> t" was actually top of the list even though it only
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Hi! This is one of those rare side projects that I actually use super heavily :) I also wrote a technical blog post about how I designed and implemented my 200 keyboard shortcuts: https://erikschluntz.com/software/2023&
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    One CTO's quest to never type “the” again [video](youtube.com)

    2 points by eschluntz 3y ago|4 comments
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Do robots count? https://youtu.be/VbIDXe5o5yM My startup builds (friendly) security guard robots, and now has a fleet of >100 deployed around the world. Long ago when we were seed stage I spent Christmas morning finishin
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    I assume you mean System76 or FrameWork?
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Nice! I've been running Ubuntu my entire Linux career, but maybe that's a change that's worth making instead.
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Ooh, you're right! I hadn't been thinking of windows and WSL2. Would have the added benefit of compatibility with all the hardware tools that are windows only...
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Thanks! Yeah, one of the things that I'd be most worried about would be switching to a new toolchain for stuff.
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Any favorites with an Nvidia gpu?
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    And if the answer is to stick with Linux, would love your laptop recommendations for something with an Nvidia gpu where Ubuntu "just works" out of the box :)
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    Ask HN: I've run Linux for 13 years. Is it time to switch to a Mac?

    3 points by eschluntz 3y ago|39 comments
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Very exciting! Glad to finally be able to get beyond prompt engineering. What's the pricing model like?
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    by eschluntz 3y ago

    Hi! This is a big interest of mine as a CTO who spans both HW and SW. LLMs are really good at things where creation is hard but validation is easy. That's a great fit for software where unit testing is easy, but a big challenge for har
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    by eschluntz 4y ago

    Large language models have the same interface as a Markov chain - they're just predicting likelihoods of next tokens. You generate text by sampling from that likelihood distribution.
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    How to raise your first Seed Round(erikschluntz.com)

    9 points by eschluntz 4y ago|4 comments
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    by eschluntz 4y ago

    Many of my friends and employees at Cobalt have asked me what fundraising is like and what the first steps are to start a company. I’ve written this post to help demystify some of the process based on my experience raising 5 rounds over my
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    How Cobalt launched its hardware product insanely fast (SPEED podcast)(fiftyyears.com)

    1 points by eschluntz 4y ago|0 comments