Ray DelVecchio

Things I care about: WordPress, web design, online business, health, gardening, nature, minimalism. Also enjoy: golf, good food, music, comedy & Philly sports.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@simonw I like using it for defined roles/tasks & spending 10-20 manual iterations to dial in the prompt/context combo. Clear instructions are the hard part, then it's like having the best employee.

AI will be a godsend to creative introverts who don't have the energy to manage people!

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@petecodes That’s mostly who I work with. Def get a mix of the best clients and those who contact you every time things are slow. they get nervous and want an immediate solution to ranking first... tend to play dumb when you explain, and become experts if something is wrong lol.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@petecodes @John__McT I second this. Bought one like 10 years ago with pack of 100 blades and it lasted me 5 years before I had to buy anything else. I stopped using shaving cream too… just a dab of Castile soap does the trick IMO.

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@litcapital I feel like this is a great microcosm for AI in general. People laugh that it’s still wonky, and write it off l then a few weeks later people figure out it’s actually useful. That said, I am not a VR wearables guy since it’s seemingly a distraction from reality in front of you

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@ID_AA_Carmack Same https://t.co/zjMXNy7w0E

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

This is perhaps the dumbest little thing that makes me happy.

I'm a heavy dash (-) user while writing instead of formal commas/semi-colons.

Lately, I use the mdash (—). On PC, it's ALT+0151.

Call me crazy, but it looks so much nicer, lol.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@herrmanndigital @HiltonHotels This is the real crisis in America. Companies get so big they can literally not give a shit about boots on the ground issues. Its unacceptable. Just toss them into the list like Meta, Google, internet companies, etc.

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It cost $0.67 to create it using OpenAI (o4-mini) to do the planning (integrated with existing chat API wrapper), and Claude Sonnet to write the code.

Just amazing!

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

Just built a custom UI to use the new ChatGPT 'gpt-image-1' model via API in < 2 hours. Simple PHP/jQuery + cURL, running locally on XAMPP.

Cost of image: $0.26.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

A Google Business profile was wrongly suspended, and someone there (or perhaps AI support review bot?) finally listened and didn't make the appeal process a complete nightmare?!

Perhaps my first unexpectedly positive experience with a Google product in 5+ years.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@florinpop17 - Desktop app + API
- File Combiner for Context (BAT script > XML format)
- Create plan (o3-mini, optional)
- Ask Question (claude)
- Update Code Manually
- Test/Repeat

I prefer this bare bones w/ Notepad++ as editor, and refresh context often so efficient (max is like $2/day).

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

New use of AI:

Having a conversation with your dog about their misbehavior 🐶

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@RDValerie they send “call me” texts which is the worst with no reference (99% isn’t urgent). So I push the limits of not responding for 1-2 days as a passive pushback, if I assess it’s not a pressing issue. I do DND from 830pm to 1130am too. Ultimately, would love to throw phone in ocean.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@RDValerie Yes 100%. I’m an introvert and tend to hyper focus, so even thinking that I need to respond when I see a text takes up mental space and hard to just let that go. I do tell my clients to not expect a response within 24 hours since I batch tasks…

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OpenAI drops a phenomenal new image generation tool, and 95% of the posts are anime.

Guys, anime sucks.

The only adult cartoon worth watching is South Park.

But I follow all the anime nerds because they are AI geniuses, as per @levelsio recommendation. 😆

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@adgmodular @bentossell You have nailed their market. I got into web design with WordPress, and it has many flaws, hasn’t adapted well to more modern tech. But it ultimately lets you 100% customize. And in theory AI can walk designers through the WP tech setup steps and write custom function/CSS.

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@DanCalle @karpathy I don’t like long chats since it does tend to mix up/hallucinate, specifically if I’m iterating on code/writing within a chat.

I’ll ask LLM when I don’t like answer to figure out why it failed and how to instruct better. Then add that to my role system prompts for future.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@DanCalle @karpathy My quick solution to having up to date file context was create a BAT file combiner, where I paste directory path and it concats all files into 1 XML file which I copy/paste into fresh conversations.

I refresh context often, and export long chats as MD for potential future use.

[Ray DelVecchio @raydelvec]

@amytheartist Yes and companies like Xfinity or Google are big enough to ignore your problems and know you’ll give up. On top of vague & purposely deceitful policies.

Also product quality is shit. Grandma’s blender lasts 50 yrs yet a new one breaks in 5. Or steel razor vs plastic throwaways.