alex

claude tells me i'm absolutely right

[alex @waffledotexe]

node_modules

[Night Sky Today @NightSkyToday]

BREAKING🚨: Astronomers found million-solar-mass object at the edge of space and time.

[alex @waffledotexe]

AGI is when LLMs can write a monad tutorial that one-shots a non-functional programmer

[Ben Vinegar @bentlegen]

Hate to say it, but the functional programmers were right.

LLMs love code with explicit inputs/outputs and no side effects.

[alex @waffledotexe]

longer writeup: https://t.co/SpC8U1X6Vs

[alex @waffledotexe]

Have been using @1Password CLI + direnv for local dev secrets + it's pretty nice. direnv loads based on cwd, 1Pass prompts before decrypting, and .envrc can be committed. Can also `op run --env-file` to keep secrets to just the process that needs, vs entire shell

[alex @waffledotexe]

everyone: we need more gpus to advance ai and disrupt society
crypto:

[alex @waffledotexe]

1.5 LLM toy projects in and I understand the urge to build an agent workflow framework.

[alex @waffledotexe]

OK tried this out.
- @weaviate_io for vector search
- ez question: "I'm currently at an early stage startup where the product has limited traction. How should I think about deciding whether or not to pivot?"
- top 5 results => mistral 7B

surprisingly good for a hack lol

[alex @waffledotexe]

Another thing I wanna do is play with RAG for more free form questions: "Here's my situation with x y z, are there any similar things that have happened in the past?"

[alex @waffledotexe]

Rec's welcome for good RAG dbs. Tried chroma but was a bit janky. Have heard so far: pinecone, weeviate, and ofc good ol' pg + pg_vector...

[alex @waffledotexe]

Another thing I wanna do is play with RAG for more free form questions: "Here's my situation with x y z, are there any similar things that have happened in the past?"

[alex @waffledotexe]

... lol 🌝

[alex @waffledotexe]

lists nerfed so hard on free tier I guess I'm back to following everyone manually lol

[alex @waffledotexe]

lists nerfed so hard on free tier I guess I'm back to following everyone manually lol

[alex @waffledotexe]

Another thing I wanna do is play with RAG for more free form questions: "Here's my situation with x y z, are there any similar things that have happened in the past?"

[alex @waffledotexe]

Listened to @ejames_c episode on @InfiniteL88ps and liked the "case studies in AI" idea. Did some hacking while waiting for birds to roast and pies to bake and now I have a script that diffs two case studies through a shared concept. e.g.:

[alex @waffledotexe]

Still "demo level" and pretty basic, but a good excuse to play with this newfangled LLM stuff. Could do a lot more with the prompt + setup coz the results depend on the underlying model (Claude, above) being really good.

[alex @waffledotexe]

@BStulberg "Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick."

[alex @waffledotexe]

@BStulberg ah yea, was being shitposty but origin is a known if slightly apocryphal bruce lee quote

[alex @waffledotexe]

@drgurner @substack Congratulations!

[alex @waffledotexe]

@visakanv ayy lmao