kikkupico
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Comment · 20 days ago
wow
Comment · 1 month ago
Reminds me of the time Kasparov said playing chess against a supercomputer felt like facing an alien opponent.
Comment · 1 month ago
The Blender connection - https://github.com/kikkupico/ambientcss/blob/master/ambient3...
Comment · 2 months ago
The threejs scene in the docs is only for explaining the setup; it doesn't have a raytracer to render shadows accurately. The reference renders for the CSS were done in Blender. See https://kikkupico.github.io/ambientcss/ambient-css/grounded#... for examples.
Comment · 2 months ago
With the knobs, I just figured out the problem was a stray div from an earlier version of the app overlapping the knobs in the components section of the demo app. I've fixed that now. Checked in both desktop and android Chrome and looks ok. haven't tested in mobile safari yet.
P.S: I agree knob controls in general are terrible UX. A real knob is usually turned with two fingers and the way on-screen knobs are operated is nothing like that.
Comment · 2 months ago
Orthographic projection was chosen here deliberately - that's why elevation makes no difference to the size of the object but changes the shadow. Perspective projection won't work well with scrolling because the angle of the object would have to subtly change when the user scrolls. Orthographic projection doesn't need to handle that.
The docs have a page where the lighting and camera setup is explained with an actual threejs 3d scene - https://kikkupico.github.io/ambientcss/guide/concept/#how-it... . Hope it helps!
Regarding the textures, they respond to lighting but not especially well. In the demo app, you can scroll to the materials page and use the theme switcher at the top to see how the texture respond.
Comment · 7 months ago
Contrary to the general opinion, I feel that AI has IMPROVED my cognitive skills. I find myself discovering solutions to problems I've always struggled with (without asking AI about it, of course). I also find myself becoming much better at thinking on my feet during regular conversations. I believe I'm spending more time deep thinking than ever before because I can leave the boring cognitive stuff to AI, and that's giving my mind tougher workouts and making it stronger; but I could be completely wrong.
Comment · 7 months ago
> The point I’m making is that determinism isn’t the key difference between compilers and LLMs
I think you misunderstood. Determinism is the the difference between natural language and code. It's not about LLMs vs compilers.
Comment · 7 months ago
> C code admits many assembly interpretations and the assembly you get will vary depending on your compiler and parameters.
There's your own example defining how code is deterministic. Despite being compiled to different assembly interpretations, the code does the same thing.
Comment · 7 months ago
Natural language is fluid and ambiguous while code is rigid and deterministic. Spec-driven development appears to be the best of both worlds. But really, it is the worst of both. LLMs are language models - their breakthrough capability is handling natural language. Code is meant to be unambiguous and deterministic. A spec is neither fluid nor deterministic.
Comment · 7 months ago
Wow! I just wrote the article "Stop trivialising AI: it’s not your intern, colleague or compiler" today and shared on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47274213 - but I talk about different dangers though. Enjoyed reading your viewpoint.
Comment · 8 months ago
Fair enough! Business and user perspectives are meta-data that explain the intent behind the code. I disagree with the point that intent should be the source of truth, though. Intent, like you explained, is high level and lacks the details to be an unambiguous source of truth.
Comment · 8 months ago
> You can argue that you can just ask the LLM to explain back and forth but it can still be too much.
But then you'd get an explanation tailored to your specific perspective instead of a generic one, right?