Fred Jonsson

engineer & consultant (AI/ML). empathetic software, efficient models, reliable systems, maintainable codebases, safe/useful/accessible long-horizon agents

[Fred Jonsson @enginoid]

@carrynointerest So I think "you only want frontier" is largely true - basically unless you are either bootstrapped or at a mature stage.

Of course, there's the odd startup that is cost-disciplined from day zero, but common advice holds this irrational pre-validation.

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@carrynointerest Early startups are often tolerant of poor unit economics because they don't have anything to scale, have tons of credit to burn, and growing beats optimizing.

Optimizing generally makes sense at higher scales, under tough macro conditions, or once you have something to optimize.

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One of the reporters on NPR’s The Indicator described their show style as two facts and jazz hands and now I can’t unhear it.

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@andersonbcdefg the risk factors section must have been harrowing to write

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@SarahLacard zero bias and variance

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@elliotarledge @mihirneal didn’t stop hellaswag

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@signulll We have the tech to activate a fumigator when this happens.

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@enggirlfriend Whenever I work an 80 hour week it’s because I didn’t have the skill to work 40 hours.

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I don’t believe in humanoids as a form factor. I will join anyone working on penguinoids.

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@RaminNasibov Not good for swimming efficiency.

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@Sirupsen Oranges are a scam fruit.

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@MillionInt Things, plural, is important.

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@alexanderrX_ SF makes it easier to top up the bank with well-paid jobs between riskier gigs. It's more rational to take a multi-year salary cut when 75th percentile salary is ~$390k vs. £140k.

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@typesfast Use it every day, but you need the UK app. Nice ragebait with "coffee culture."

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Tempted bring back "releases" instead of CD:
- Merge PRs extremely fast and cheaply (<5m, <$1)
- Slow/costly/thorough release checks (<30m, <$10)
- Cut release trains hourly or ad hoc.
- For more autonomy, check harder & release less frequently

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@eniwhere_ Looks awesome – would love to read about your trip if you decide to write it up!

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Feeling a bit sentimental today because my limits have reset after a few days of separation.

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The Codex app is a feat of engineering. It's really hard to build reliable systems that manage such complex state universe and AI quality under extremely variable inputs. You would expect a lot more edge cases (and you see them in other harnesses).

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Even just the slickness and capabilities of the embedded browser compared to a Chrome extension. They seem to be making bold choices and reaping the benefits of it.

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@hs_wilkins Substantial upgrade compared to my pictures over the years. I’m assuming this was driven by guerrilla members of the now-defunct LDDC.