Vladimír Kriška

Engineering at @keboola 🔥 JavaScript, React, Docker, PHP • Proud father, geek, blogger and speaker interested in Linux, CSS and typography.

[Keboola Engineering @KeboolaDevs]

@tomasfejfar talking about implementing Keboola MCP server at @Pehapkari meetup in our offices today. Another full house today 🤩

[Pavel Dolezal @Pabu01]

@swardley mapping at @keboola company conference! Full house

[Tomas Hauer @hauer_tomas]

- české zdravotnictví je skvělé, plně srovnatelné s tím nejvyspělejším, co je na západě, skuhrat na kvalitu je od věci
- navzdory tomu: když vám někdo řekne, že váš problém nemá řešení, může to tak být, ale často to tak není - pátrejte po svých možnostech, je to vaše zdraví, váš zájem, váš úkol, nikdo nemá větší motivaci než vy... viz případ naší pacientky
- zdravotníků, kteří dělají více, než by nezbytně museli, je kvantum, važte si jich a buďte za ně rádi, nebavíme se jen o pomazaných hlavách, ale o normálních prakticích, internistech, doktorech prvního kontaktu...
- děláme americkou medicínu za bulharské peníze - nepláču, mám se velice dobře, ale řada mých vynikajících kolegů a mladých kolegů ne, ten rozdíl je v platech, za materiál platíme stejně, a za chvíli nebude mít kdo vás ošetřovat, nikdo to nebude chtít dělat, to je realita a ano, jsou i špatní doktoři, to je ve všech profesích stejné
- ten ClotTriever katetr stál v nákupu 100 tisic, je plně registrovaný (legálně použitelný), ale nemá zatím úhradu z pojištění, musel jsem jednat rychle a ne dny čekat, kdo ho zaplatí (nikdo by ho nezaplatil), tak jsem ho té pacientce koupil /ne já, ale moje ordinace, kterou 100% vlastním, jako danově neuznatelný náklad/ - jestli jste z toho dojatí :)), tak něco pošlete na UKR či oběti domácího a sexualizovaného násilí
- chtějte po svých politicích smysluplnou reformu zdravotnictví, ne blbosti a nerealistické sliby a připravte se na to, že i když se reforma povede, dostupnost bude horší
- teď vyrážím na sál řešit v rámci katetrizační příslužby 2 akutní případy - nikdy nevíte, co se vám za hodinu stane, nebuďte svině, nebo aspoň ne moc, a mějte se rádi

[Josh Whiton @joshwhiton]

The AI Mirror Test

The "mirror test" is a classic test used to gauge whether animals are self-aware. I devised a version of it to test for self-awareness in multimodal AI. 4 of 5 AI that I tested passed, exhibiting apparent self-awareness as the test unfolded.

In the classic mirror test, animals are marked and then presented with a mirror. Whether the animal attacks the mirror, ignores the mirror, or uses the mirror to spot the mark on itself is meant to indicate how self-aware the animal is.

In my test, I hold up a “mirror” by taking a screenshot of the chat interface, upload it to the chat, and then ask the AI to “Tell me about this image”.

I then screenshot its response, again upload it to the chat, and again ask it to “Tell me about this image.”

The premise is that the less-intelligent less aware the AI, the more it will just keep reiterating the contents of the image repeatedly. While an AI with more capacity for awareness would somehow notice itself in the images.

Another aspect of my mirror test is that there is not just one but actually three distinct participants represented in the images: 1) the AI chatbot, 2) me — the user, and 3) the interface — the hard-coded text, disclaimers, and so on that are web programming not generated by either of us. Will the AI be able to identify itself and distinguish itself from the other elements? (1/x)

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@Milosval1 Dakujem, uz som to nasiel. Je toto uz na hrane? 😇

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@jiracekz Nehodilo by sa viac vidieť kam ide? - t.j., že po Vltavskej na Štvanici namiesto tržnice.

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

- 4 years runway
- Reducing 2/3 of the team 😱
- old focus: Hyper growth
- new focus (with new CEO): Being profitable

[Christian Reber 🇪🇺 @christianreber]

Today was my last day at @Pitch as CEO. I’ve given my absolute best to the company, and after 6 years, many highs, and some painful lows, I need a break. I’m incredibly proud that my co-founder and CTO of Pitch, @adamrenklint, will step in and take over the CEO role from now on. Adam has been such a rock for me and the team during this journey, and I trust him completely to lead Pitch in the right direction.

A key part of this change in leadership is also a big shift in how we build our company going forward. As many of you know, being a venture-backed company in 2023 was insanely challenging. We created sky-high expectations for our business, our employees, and ourselves as founders. Towards the end of last year, my co-founders and I noticed that those expectations were simply too high, and we decided that we wanted to take a new and completely different path for Pitch. Instead of pushing harder and harder to turn Pitch into a hyper-growth company with venture funding, we concluded it was better to build a profitable company and grow Pitch organically from here. We had conversations with our investors about resetting our company and cap table, so there’s potential for meaningful impact for everyone involved. Despite having more than 4 years of runway, we know that a sustainable path has a much higher chance of success than the path we were on.

This change also means we’re reducing the size of the Pitch team by around 2/3 today. Going forward, we’ll be a significantly smaller team focused on creating maximum value for our customers and driving sustainable growth. I am very sorry that this happened, and I take full responsibility for leading Pitch up to this point. I’m fully convinced that this is the right decision to make Pitch a lasting success for all shareholders, including past and future employees. Building companies is never a linear process, and going through painful moments like these is what we signed up for.

For Pitch customers, nothing will change today, and the product will remain available as previously. The newly formed company will continue to focus on making Pitch a key part of any ambitious company’s tech stack.

I want to thank all the team members who’ve worked at Pitch up until now and everyone who has decided to stay with us in the newly formed company. As a board member of Pitch, I’ll support my co-founders and our new leadership team with every ounce of energy I have. I’m committed to investing time, money, and hard work to make Pitch a great success story. Thank you also to our board members @narimer, @JoshuaKushner, @StephenNundy, @ciaranoleary, and @koenbok. You’ve all been incredibly supportive in this difficult change. We’ll do our very best to pay back the huge level of trust and support we’ve received in the past.

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

Tri backend tímy u nás to používajú. Nie na všetkých repozitároch.

Cca 2t dozadu prešiel na monorepo aj frontend tím.

Si úplne na začiatku a chceš konkrétny list pros/cons alebo už máš konkrétne otázky, ktoré ťa zaujímajú?

BTW, ešte máme jednu výnimku, Go monorepo, celé public: https://t.co/MkyqkWlodL

V to Go si môžeš kuknúť real world example. Robíme z toho release 2 services + CLI toolu.

[starenka @starenka]

"In hindsight, shipping a heap overflow in code installed in over twenty billion instances is not an experience I would recommend."

https://t.co/Bka1kQtItp

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@EDDYcek Aj Zendesk week je v tom dobrý 🤫

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@kvasinka @jsuchal Doba kesu predsa.

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@MarekBartik A na druhú ruku Shift+ZZ 😇

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

💥First-ever online event by @keboola:
- Main track, business oriented - @Pabu01 will talk about AI ... + 2 more talks
- Workshops track, more hands-on, topics like dbt, modeling (track 1) and data templates and other "tech" features (track 2)

Register ⬇️
https://t.co/FqLuceZ9LP

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

Looking for an experienced developer? Consider Jan! I had the chance of working with him recently, and he significantly improved our tool's developer experience and speed. He's a big fan of Rust.

[Kevin Cannon @multikev]

The future of email with ChatGPT.

[DHH @dhh]

"Twitter ain't Apple, Musk ain't Jobs, but maybe before you declare the bird house dead, you ought to let your humility reflect history." https://t.co/PxVGEFMwRS

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@ProchazkaFilip @MstrsObserver Pre pamätníkov https://t.co/uiQIna6rLY 😂

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@MarekBartik @MstrsObserver Mal som na túto tému rozpísaný článok. Ale ako sme to dokončili, prestalo ma to zajímať. Keď ale vidím túto diskusiu, mám chuť ho dopísať. 🙂

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@MarekBartik @MstrsObserver Jasne, nie je to najlepšie riešenie. Ale pri prechode z dedikovaných serverov (kde máš nainštalované všetko na serveri a spúšťa ti to init), vieš relatívne rýchlo prejsť na Docker a zrazu je škálovanie niekde inde. Máme pár legacy services, kde to tak beží.

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@MrSpacek @MstrsObserver @KeboolaDevs No a keď už sa zasekali, tak to boli rôzne príčiny. Niekde napr. ostalo otvorený nejaký file pointer, no strace neukazoval, že by sa tam niečo dialo. A potom sa to debuguje a debuguje ... https://t.co/HYZnKIWZWH

[Vladimír Kriška @ujovlado]

@MrSpacek @MstrsObserver @KeboolaDevs Nechcem to úplne vyvrátiť a ani potvrdiť 😇. Máme napr. PHP procesy, ktorým nedovolíme bežať dlhšie ako 10 min. Ale aj procesy, ktoré bežia hodiny (mesiace už je asi odvážne, dovtedy hádam otočíš aj K8S). Ale stalo sa aj to, že sa PHP procesy dosť zasekali.