Freedom survives not by giving people what they want most, but by training them to want what freedom requires - humility, self discipline, and a respect for excellence
API restaurant example:
GET requests are like walking up to the counter asking what’s on the menu
POST requests are like placing your order
Is that helpful?
being a liability doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. It means you require more help than you’re able to give. In a moment when resources are tight and pressure is high, you become another weight that others must carry.If that hits a nerve, good. That’s where transformation begins
Every community has a mix of people with different skills, values, and capabilities. But when the lights go out, when systems fail, when crisis comes, there are only two types of people:
Assets and liabilities.
Last night, I watched the new Mufasa movie with my kids. As usual, Lin Manuel Miranda did an excellent job creating music. The movie had a decent plot. But can we just address the plethora of inconsistencies and gaps between the Mufasa movie and the greater Lion King franchise?
Carefully designed AI agents could access your databases, call APIs, access your emails, access your calendar, access your CRM, and any number of other tasks. The limit is your imagination
The difference between a chatbot and an AI agent is tools. It’s cute to ask questions of chatGPT but there’s a limit on this use. A chatbot can have a conversation with you but cannot act on your behalf. An AI agent can which is what makes them a game changer.
3 things are required to build an AI agent:
1) a LLM (think ChatGPT or Claude or any of the hundreds of other models)
2) context - this could be a chat conversation, embeddings from a document, an image, etc
3) tools - this is the real secret sauce
I did it again!
For the last 5 years, I have set a goal to read a book every week. It has made such a difference in my life and is something that is 100% within my control. Many goals that we set for new years are not 100% within our control. Which books are your favorites?
Did you know it’s a felony to knock a drone out of the sky? That’s right, evening of a peeping Tom is spying in through the bathroom window it’s illegal to hit it with a bat. Thoughts?
Why I used to love @turo :
-used to be cheaper than regular rentals
-used to be easier than regular rentals
-the app used to have a nice ux/ui
What happened?