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by tcdent 1y ago
It's rare that I come across a story about some questionable ethics in black hat tech and don't have some sympathy for the perpetrator. But this is not that. This is blatant treason.
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by tcdent 1y ago
I really like this concept. Do you have documentation for the API response from the `/_train_model` endpoint?
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by tcdent 1y ago
Their product managers are using what's on the streets of SF.
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by tcdent 1y ago
`from sqlalchemy.orm import and_` `options(selectinload(...))` to name a couple goofy ones
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by tcdent 1y ago
The ORM is so so so much better designed that SQLAlchemy v2. Performing queries, joins, executing in transactions all feels clean and concise. The latter feels dated and I find it hard to believe there's not a widely accepted replaceme
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by tcdent 1y ago
I just rolled a backend using FastAPI and SQLAlchemy and it made me miss Django. Too much other stuff going on in this app to incorporate Django, but it's still way ahead of the curve compared to bringing together independent micro fra
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by tcdent 1y ago
Came here to say this. Ken is the defacto authority on anything supernatural in these parts.
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by tcdent 1y ago
Anxiety is natural. Learn to confront it and grow through it. Avoiding uncomfortability is how you all got into this position.
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by tcdent 1y ago
In the next couple years we'll be modifying and creating biological structures that perform these functions. Building it by mechanically manipulating inert materials feels so 1950s.
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by tcdent 1y ago
My experience over the last decade has been different. Use a popular framework. Run it against your test database. Always keep backups in case something unforseen happens. Something especially trivial like adding additional columns is a sol
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by tcdent 1y ago
Database schemas being perfect out-of-the gate was replaced by reliable migrations. If it's not data that's essential to serving the current functionality, just add a column later. `updated_at` doesn't have to be accurate for
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by tcdent 1y ago
I usually read these opinion pieces and roll my eyes because the OP is just being pedantic. But, this really cuts to the core of everything wrong with modern software. Open your bank app. Immediately get blocked by a popup asking you to com
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by tcdent 1y ago
misdirected combative tendencies guised as free thinking
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by tcdent 1y ago
that's what my Ramp card is for. seriously though, anything that makes me smarter and more productive has a threshold in the thousands-of-dollars range, not hundreds
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by tcdent 1y ago
They just pick the best performer out of the built-in modes they offer. Interesting data point about the models behavior, but even moreso it's a recommendation of which way to configure the model for optimal performance. I do consider
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by tcdent 1y ago
> "what is a signal?" it's another word for event
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by tcdent 2y ago
Q star confirmed?
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by tcdent 2y ago
I have a guy doing some construction work for me right now and when he found out I write software he asked if I could help him out with a website. "Ehh I don't really do that kind of software..." If I was to give this guy a s
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by tcdent 2y ago
bananas are a socioeconomic catastrophe
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by tcdent 2y ago
Tool calls in any of the agent frameworks are just wrappers around native functions. MCP let's you handle the processing outside of the agent context, redistribute tools independently, and provide them as either private or public hoste
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by tcdent 2y ago
Big question in my mind was if OpenAI was going to formally endorse this (since it was created by Anthropic) but we have our answer. MCP is now the industry standard for connecting LLMs to external tools.
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by tcdent 2y ago
This is one of the rare cases where TAM is not even worth discussing; it's like food, or clothing- everyone is a candidate. Even in third world scenarios, it you secure grant of government funding, anyone could become customers. What a
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by tcdent 2y ago
Did you all seriously expect this company to be evergreen? Your data is now the primary source of their valuation in a sale.
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by tcdent 2y ago
Google search was actually great between the period where pagerank successfully defeated old-school SEO tactics and banner advertising starting earning enough that the "bloggers" could pay cheap writers to pad their articles in co
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by tcdent 2y ago
Searching the web is a great feature in theory, but every implementation I've used so far looks at the top X hits and then interprets it to be the correct answer. When you're talking to an LLM about popular topics or common errors
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by tcdent 2y ago
> Joined 16 years ago Thanks for all the knowledge HN!
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by tcdent 2y ago
- More polished UI. - Better tools. - Tighter integration with the model/prompt.
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by tcdent 2y ago
Similar concept but entirely different implementation. (aider is Python, Claude Coder is TypeScript, for one)
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by tcdent 2y ago
As an aider devotee I am now all in on Claude Coder. Was fun while it lasted.
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by tcdent 2y ago
This conversation always results in a ":shrug: I guess we'll never know" at the end. There's potentially never going to be a silver bullet approach to this, or something that satisfies our need for determinism as in unit

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