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Comment · 2 months ago
As far as agent workflows are concerned whats needed is the other direction. Store the files wherever but let an agent interact with it as if its on local FS via bash or other languages using their file io.

Whats worked for others?

Comment · 2 months ago
I have copilot (personal finance app), i pay $99/yr and let that scrape for me then i have everything is sqlite available locally.

How are you scraping? Have you had success across institutions?

Comment · 2 months ago
I imagine things like central Auth directory (eg. LDAP), central service for installer / image syncing, device managements, and other enterprise features.
Comment · 3 months ago
How does this do for processing formulas or macros in excel?
Comment · 3 months ago
Some model providers when using json_schema: true (eg. with_structured_output), it does constrain the output.
Comment · 4 months ago
I got my glider license at 16 and private at 17. Majority of accidents are human error. Though yes an accident with a plane is much costlier than one with a car.

I encourage you to read NTSB accident reports. The work the investigators do and the reports they assemble are unparalleled. There are also good parallels to complex systems in general.

Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 6 months ago
Why nationalism? A flag can represent more than a nation. Can be blinded by any "flag" / ideology.
Comment · 6 months ago
XState is awesome, made a complex decentralized key sharing scheme a breeze.
Comment · 6 months ago
We used neon at last job. It seemed pretty cool. What made you switch to planetscale?
Comment · 6 months ago
If it wasn't confusing what made you bring up the space program and fixing roads?

I was offering a tangible example of where the thing being proposed was a failure.

Comment · 6 months ago
Updated - since my text was confusing. The subject at hand is subsidized grocery stores, the USSR is an example of failed centrally planned subsidized grocery stores.
Comment · 6 months ago
Yeah it was so successful that people would line up around the block for bananas the one time a year. Or when boots came into the store you'd pick up whatever size you could, as you'd trade later.

(true stories)

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