Annu Joshi

Data Engineer | Speaker at GHC

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

We'll be spending a lot more time trying to understand the outputs of language models. A few thoughts, tips & tricks:

Writing. Something I've had success with: Ask your LLM to explain something in ASD-STE100, it's a controlled language specification originally developed for aerospace maintenance documentation. LLMs well-versed in this language and it comes with heavy constraints on clean writing style that I often find a lot more readable. Sometimes I've tried to soften it a bit e.g. ask for "80% of the way to ASD-STE100" because the spec is quite stringent. But even better:

Diagrams / images. Instead of writing, ask your LLM to create a diagram. These can be a lot easier to process, parse, and understand. But even better:

Web pages. Ask for output "in HTML" to get a beautiful, interactive webpage. LLMs are getting really good at frontend and can create beautiful experiences, animations, etc. But even better:

Explainer videos. The output format I am most bullish on is fully custom / bespoke explainer videos generated on any arbitrary topic. Experiment with things like "Create a 3b1b style video explainer on X. Use my ElevenLabs API key for audio narration". (you'd need an API key for the latter or you can ask your LLM to find you decent free alternatives that use your local compute). This is actually starting to work!

In summary:
- As LLMs get better, they will do more and more of the legwork autonomously, and a lot more of our work will rise up the abstractions into oversight and understanding.
- Luckily, LLMs can help here too because as intelligence and code are increasingly abundant, you can ask for large, custom, discardable software artifacts (e.g. web apps, video explainers) that would have never made sense to create before. Push the boundaries here and you'll be surprised.

[Thariq @trq212]

https://t.co/45C3gKydTK

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

🎂 Happy 1st birthday to Claude Code

Thanks everyone for coming out and celebrating with us!!

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

A small quality of life detail: you can now press tab to add more instructions when accepting/rejecting a permission prompt.

We tried probably a dozen iterations of this UX over the last few weeks before deciding to ship this one.

Let us know what you think!

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work.

Cowork lets you complete non-technical tasks much like how developers use Claude Code.

[Boris Cherny @bcherny]

I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. Lots of people have asked how I use Claude Code, so I wanted to show off my setup a bit.

My setup might be surprisingly vanilla! Claude Code works great out of the box, so I personally don't customize it much. There is no one correct way to use Claude Code: we intentionally build it in a way that you can use it, customize it, and hack it however you like. Each person on the Claude Code team uses it very differently.

So, here goes.

[FintechCafe @FintechCafe]

@shagunbose @ambika_sh @spooleans @MonicaMiyasato @nibblepuff @___Leria @cmiyachi @paulapaultweets @tamera_tolbert Congratulations to the whole team! Job well done 🎊🥳

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

If you want good grades, study.
If you want to lose weight, exercise.
If you want to communicate, make an effort.

Methods are always obvious, what’s hard is accomplishing them.

#LifeGoesOn

[Pickle @mpickle]

A 2 minute read that’ll save you hours of wasted time over the next 2 weeks:

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

@sunnydeveloper Thank you for applying, welcome to the team!

[Harsh Mishra @harsh_casper]

I’m thrilled to announce that @mojaglobal is selected for #GraceHopperOSD! 🎉

#OpenSourceDay is an all-day hackathon where you can contribute to a curated list of open source projects and attend workshops to level up your skills. Register for GHC to save your spot. #GHC2022

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world." —Robert Louis Stevenson via

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." —@NelsonMandela

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

Absolutely!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I strongly believe that all managers in a technical area must be technically excellent.

Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

Problem no one told you about that you have to deal with in your 20s.
No, it’s not your finances, job or mental health, it’s your wisdom tooth!

And they can make your life hell, yes these small little things.

[Daniel Vassallo @dvassallo]

How to avoid an unhappy existence:

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm." — Unknown

[Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_]

To have it all, you have to give it all you got.

[Annu Joshi @nibblepuff]

“There are forces greater than science” - The Adam Project

@bigmisschief