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Comment · 3 months ago
Is Tokenless measuring cost per completed task, or just cost per request, including errors and retries?
Comment · 4 months ago
The text only part is the catch for me.

If it builds a UI and can't look at it, it's askin ls whether the app looks right.

Comment · 4 months ago
A calculator gives you an answer. An LLM gives you an answer that sounds like it already checked itself.
Comment · 4 months ago
I think a lot of people will file this under Java got structs.

That seems off. They're still objects, the new thing is that they can give up identity.

Comment · 4 months ago
AI hiring starting to look like sports free agency.

Karpathy to Anthropic, now Noam to OpenAI.

Comment · 4 months ago
Claude trying to make friends in a battle royale is funny.

But if the robot is anywhere near my house, I think I want the one that hesitates.

Comment · 4 months ago
GitHub used to get code after someone had thought about it.

Agents are starting to use it while they think.

Comment · 4 months ago
The machine is still fun.

It's the five layers of product growth between you and the machine that get tiring.

Comment · 4 months ago
This is uncomfortably close to a normal interview task now.

Someone sends you a repo, says the install is broken, and asks you to take a look.

A lot of developers would run rpm install before thinking twice, especially if they were tired or looking for work.

Comment · 4 months ago
who's tried it: is 2x the usage actually worth it over Opus 4.8 for daily work?
Comment · 5 months ago
Moving from tdnf to dnf5 is interesting. Most internal platforms get more bespoke over time, not less.

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