Oben Isik

Senior Software Development Engineer @amazon

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Don't think of LLMs as entities but as simulators. For example, when exploring a topic, don't ask:

"What do you think about xyz"?

There is no "you". Next time try:

"What would be a good group of people to explore xyz? What would they say?"

The LLM can channel/simulate many perspectives but it hasn't "thought about" xyz for a while and over time and formed its own opinions in the way we're used to. If you force it via the use of "you", it will give you something by adopting a personality embedding vector implied by the statistics of its finetuning data and then simulate that. It's fine to do, but there is a lot less mystique to it than I find people naively attribute to "asking an AI".

[Oben Isik @isioben]

@elonmusk @grok how do we know its an ice?

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Noticing myself adopting a certain rhythm in AI-assisted coding (i.e. code I actually and professionally care about, contrast to vibe code).

1. Stuff everything relevant into context (this can take a while in big projects. If the project is small enough just stuff everything e.g. `files-to-prompt . -e ts -e tsx -e css -e md --cxml --ignore node_modules -o prompt.xml`)
2. Describe the next single, concrete incremental change we're trying to implement. Don't ask for code, ask for a few high-level approaches, pros/cons. There's almost always a few ways to do thing and the LLM's judgement is not always great. Optionally make concrete.
3. Pick one approach, ask for first draft code.
4. Review / learning phase: (Manually...) pull up all the API docs in a side browser of functions I haven't called before or I am less familiar with, ask for explanations, clarifications, changes, wind back and try a different approach.
6. Test.
7. Git commit.
Ask for suggestions on what we could implement next. Repeat.

Something like this feels more along the lines of the inner loop of AI-assisted development. The emphasis is on keeping a very tight leash on this new over-eager junior intern savant with encyclopedic knowledge of software, but who also bullshits you all the time, has an over-abundance of courage and shows little to no taste for good code. And emphasis on being slow, defensive, careful, paranoid, and on always taking the inline learning opportunity, not delegating. Many of these stages are clunky and manual and aren't made explicit or super well supported yet in existing tools. We're still very early and so much can still be done on the UI/UX of AI assisted coding.

[Austin-Bergstrom International Airport @AustinAirport]

The lost pup has been reunited with his owner! 💖 2-year-old toddler Lucas is overjoyed to have his best plushy friend, Kopus (Ka-poosh), back in his arms.🐶

[Oben Isik @isioben]

@AUStinAirport Hats off to the dream team who made the magic happen! Lucas's beloved sleep pal, the Kopus, took an early retirement, prompting his dad to embark on a quest through local stores, with zero luck in finding it. Fast forward, and now Lucas is snoozing in pure bliss! 🌙✨

[Oben Isik @isioben]

A Saturday Night

[Oben Isik @isioben]

6 years passed, with love ❤️

[Oben Isik @isioben]

https://t.co/FdzS15V7ce

[Oğuzhan Uğur @OguzhanUgur]

Ne oldu ya şu an?

[Oben Isik @isioben]

My angel is my wife by my side, and my green-eyed hazelnut in my hand. As they say, every problem hides an opportunity within itself, and the problem remains a dwarf next to the opportunity. I ain't done with midgets, I'm looking ahead now, non stop, not giving up... Hello 34!

[Oben Isik @isioben]

As Ingmar Bengman said, getting old is like climbing a mountain. As you climb up, your tiredness increases, your breath becomes narrower, but your vision broadens.

[Oben Isik @isioben]

It was exactly that kind of year for me. Raised my son, got promoted at my job. I witnessed one of the first in my spouse's life. Made good friends, met with bad people. In a nutshell, I grew up. My vision is so wide now... I know exactly what I want to do.

[Oben Isik @isioben]

And post-cutting 💪

[Oben Isik @isioben]

The past week was challenging due to the winter storm and freezing rain in Austin. Many live oak trees had branches break due to the weight, making it a difficult task to clean up. Despite this, I put in two days of hard work and believe I did a good job with the cleaning.

[Oben Isik @isioben]

@IdilAlemdar Tamamen bir noktadan diğer noktaya hangi hızda ulaşmak istediğinle ve fiziksel ve zihinsel kapasitenin maksimum kaldırabileceği ile doğru orantılı bir şekilde dilediğin oranda karanlıklaştırman mümkün hayatını.

[Oben Isik @isioben]

Wow 13 months already? #baby #toddler

[Oben Isik @isioben]

Unfortunately, mass #layoffs have been taking place in technology companies in the last few months. If you are one of them, my heart is with you. I hope you will open the door to a brand new adventure soon! The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times!

[Oben Isik @isioben]

@SezginEge You might have used all of your 2023 luck in this shot lol. Good job Sezgin!

[Oben Isik @isioben]

@SezginEge Showed him you and I from Madrid and looks he liked you lol thanks!

[Oben Isik @isioben]

Son, I love the little boy you are now and the big man you will become. Happy birthday! #birthday #oneyearsold #baby