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But when you have LLMs generating code a lot faster than you can type, guardrails suddenly become an accelerant again.
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
But when you have LLMs generating code a lot faster than you can type, guardrails suddenly become an accelerant again.
Python overtook Java as the backend language all those years ago, largely because it was concise, and it did that by removing the guardrails that slowed down Java development
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Python overtook Java as the backend language all those years ago, largely because it was concise, and it did that by removing the guardrails that slowed down Java development
I think development speed is kind of the key here
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I think development speed is kind of the key here
The challenge here would be to make the system robust towards context update events that failed to make it to the backend
It's not impossible, but complicates the architecture a bit
It's not impossible, but complicates the architecture a bit
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The challenge here would be to make the system robust towards context update events that failed to make it to the backend
It's not impossible, but complicates the architecture a bit
It's not impossible, but complicates the architecture a bit
This is a pattern that has been seen elsewhere, e.g. Redux does something similar to track UI state changes.
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is a pattern that has been seen elsewhere, e.g. Redux does something similar to track UI state changes.
This has strong event sourcing vibes
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This has strong event sourcing vibes
You can do it in three steps
1. Get a job at Apple
2. Get promoted to Senior Vice President of AI Products
3. Replace the Genmoji button with something stupider
1. Get a job at Apple
2. Get promoted to Senior Vice President of AI Products
3. Replace the Genmoji button with something stupider
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
You can do it in three steps
1. Get a job at Apple
2. Get promoted to Senior Vice President of AI Products
3. Replace the Genmoji button with something stupider
1. Get a job at Apple
2. Get promoted to Senior Vice President of AI Products
3. Replace the Genmoji button with something stupider
I once posted saying that YouTube was one of the few companies to get video streaming right.
It got a few responses saying YouTube was trash on Apple TV.
It got a few responses saying YouTube was trash on Apple TV.
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I once posted saying that YouTube was one of the few companies to get video streaming right.
It got a few responses saying YouTube was trash on Apple TV.
It got a few responses saying YouTube was trash on Apple TV.
The Washington Post recently published an article critical of Amazon Prime day sales.
I don't think they are playing 5D chess here, they are just publishing whatever will be popular to the masses
I don't think they are playing 5D chess here, they are just publishing whatever will be popular to the masses
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Washington Post recently published an article critical of Amazon Prime day sales.
I don't think they are playing 5D chess here, they are just publishing whatever will be popular to the masses
I don't think they are playing 5D chess here, they are just publishing whatever will be popular to the masses
If you were trying to shit on it there are 7 bathrooms for you to choose from
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you were trying to shit on it there are 7 bathrooms for you to choose from
"Our models improved every time we fired a linguist", but for all the sciences
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Our models improved every time we fired a linguist", but for all the sciences
Lmao only just saw your other post that basically says the same thing, whoops
it's not a "black box" it's transparent, u can look inside & see what's happening, u can open it up and tinker with it, it's just that what you see is a massively-parametrized function that doesn't work in a way that's instantly legible to you personally but ppl can and do understand things about it
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Lmao only just saw your other post that basically says the same thing, whoops
I suppose it's not right to call it a black box, since we can always open up a model and tinker with its insides
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I suppose it's not right to call it a black box, since we can always open up a model and tinker with its insides
That's why mechanistic interpretability is a whole field
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
That's why mechanistic interpretability is a whole field
I feel like both are true?
Like we understand how the maths work for training and inference.
But when you're dealing with a trillion parameters that interact with each other in non-trivial ways, it's hard to understand why the params are like that, and how exactly the model arrives at its result
Like we understand how the maths work for training and inference.
But when you're dealing with a trillion parameters that interact with each other in non-trivial ways, it's hard to understand why the params are like that, and how exactly the model arrives at its result
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I feel like both are true?
Like we understand how the maths work for training and inference.
But when you're dealing with a trillion parameters that interact with each other in non-trivial ways, it's hard to understand why the params are like that, and how exactly the model arrives at its result
Like we understand how the maths work for training and inference.
But when you're dealing with a trillion parameters that interact with each other in non-trivial ways, it's hard to understand why the params are like that, and how exactly the model arrives at its result
Doesn't get more naive than that
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Doesn't get more naive than that
it's always been spelt pointsettia
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
it's always been spelt pointsettia
Relatable except for the skills part
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Relatable except for the skills part
This is the kind of stuff generative AI was invented for
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is the kind of stuff generative AI was invented for
It needs a personable name like "Sydney"
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It needs a personable name like "Sydney"
With a name like that, how could it succeed
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With a name like that, how could it succeed
Standardised tests get (justifiably) maligned, but this is the kind of problem they are meant to solve
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Standardised tests get (justifiably) maligned, but this is the kind of problem they are meant to solve
"hmm everything still works" - mr curry to mr howard
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"hmm everything still works" - mr curry to mr howard