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811.
by swyx 1y ago
i think it is telling that we trust Bill Gates to give away his wealth more effectively than if the same assets were handed over to the UN or some other global health charity. why?
812.
by swyx 1y ago
is there a hall of fame for HN comments somewhere because i nominate this one
813.
by swyx 1y ago
disagree. modular has a different focus, to turn python into a systems language. you could even say that astral and modular focus on two extreme ends of the developer experience spectrum - just making python tooling faster, vs making python
814.
by swyx 1y ago
thanks for not charging obnoxious amounts for package names!
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by swyx 1y ago
fellow gatsby refugee here but i'd be fair to gatsby that i dont think the flakiness of the image processing is gatsby's fault, it's `sharp`, its just a very cpu heavy workload and for large sites it's gonna choke. graph
816.
by swyx 1y ago
we recorded a podcast with them talking about their AI work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmJInhzIKo&pp=0gcJCYUJAYcqI...
817.
by swyx 1y ago
> 18 hours ago you just released this ? lol good timing
818.
by swyx 1y ago
oai has PPUs
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by swyx 1y ago
my summary here https://news.smol.ai/issues/25-05-05-cursor-openai-windsurf
820.
OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B(bloomberg.com)
667 points by swyx 1y ago|572 comments
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by swyx 1y ago
they updated it opaquely - we no longer know anything about how it works https://www.latent.space/p/clippy-v-anton
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by swyx 1y ago
> Presumably "planning" here is covered by any LLM that can do "think step by step" reasonably well? mild disagree. 1) externalizing the plan and letting the user audit/edit the plan while its working is "to
823.
by swyx 1y ago
too blithe. range of outcomes between failed and IPO. TFA identified a few exits that should have returned some money that did not. ensuring protection of minority shareholder rights so that this doesn't happen is an important "pl
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An LLM‑as‑Judge Won't Save the Product–Fixing Your Process Will(eugeneyan.com)
1 points by swyx 1y ago|0 comments
825.
by swyx 1y ago
made me wonder who hubby was, so saving others the wikipedia search > Tecco is married to Jeff Hammerbacher, cofounder of Cloudera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Tecco
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by swyx 1y ago
> Four others that raised money but with painful recapitalizations that effectively wiped out early shareholders. That last bullet was the nail in the coffin for me. For new investors to come in and wipe out early investors just because
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by swyx 1y ago
1. eyerolls and judgment can be a trap in that it makes you feel superior without actually having walked their walk and having skin in the game. value of a player >> value of a critic. they're in the arena doing their thing. if y
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by swyx 1y ago
> Our hosting bill grew from $30 in April to $142 by June, $354 in August. Hardcover was growing, but 10x cost increase in a few months was too much. without ANY irony or sarcasm, i just want appreciate that its funny how that happens co
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by swyx 1y ago
fwiw that link is blocked for us: "Please log in as an administrator."
830.
by swyx 1y ago
thank you dang!
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by swyx 1y ago
i feel like someone could make "new aftereffects" just making the common things that people do easier got any more of these effects you'd put in that category?
832.
by swyx 1y ago
TIL about their glasses https://mentra.glass/ great video editing, OP. loved the playthru at the end with the text. you have real talent here, keep giong
833.
by swyx 1y ago
wow that's a special honor. is there a way to search up the "specially invited" Show HNs?
834.
by swyx 1y ago
also dont forget SEO...
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Vibe Coding Like a Pro(techblog.huijinghuang.com)
1 points by swyx 1y ago|0 comments
836.
by swyx 1y ago
context: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1917961248031080455
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MenuGen – AI Menu Image Generator by Karpathy(menugen.app)
1 points by swyx 1y ago|1 comments
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by swyx 1y ago
its for the better, and i'm actually serious about this. it's just that Subbarao is ALSO right and it is not perfect nor human level. but it -DOES- improve results measurably and consistently. so what i'm saying is don't
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by swyx 1y ago
no, its sensible because you need auth wall for that or it will be abused to bits
840.
by swyx 2y ago
yeah i read that but i was hoping more on the why, why did he have to stop speaking when he can still speak + move on to other things

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