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ensemblehq commented on Malus – Clean Room as a Service   malus.sh... · Posted by u/microflash
typeiierror · a day ago
I know this is satire, but I have an adjacent problem I could use help with. In my company, we have some legacy apps that run, but we no longer have the source, any everyone that worked on them has probably left the planet.

We need to replatform them at some point, and ideally I'd like to let some agents "use" the apps as a means to copy them / rebuild. Most of these are desktop apps, but some have browser interfaces. Has anyone tried something like this or can recommend a service that's worked for them?

ensemblehq · a day ago
Interested to keep updated on this point. As a consultant, I've worked on transformation of legacy applications so this would help me greatly as well. We've worked on pretty archaic systems where no one knows how the system works even if we have the source code.
ensemblehq commented on How to effectively write quality code with AI   heidenstedt.org/posts/202... · Posted by u/i5heu
gtowey · a month ago
Maybe.

But it's also likely that these tools will produce mountains of unmaintainable code and people will get buried by the technical debt. It kind of strikes me as similar to the hubris of calling the Titanic "unsinkable." It's an untested claim with potentially disastrous consequences.

ensemblehq · a month ago
I can provide evidence for your claim. The technical debt can easily snowball if the review process is not stringent enough to keep out unnecessary functions.
ensemblehq commented on How to effectively write quality code with AI   heidenstedt.org/posts/202... · Posted by u/i5heu
CTDOCodebases · a month ago
I wonder over the long term how programmers are going to maintain the proficiency to read and edit the code that the LLM produces.
ensemblehq · a month ago
It’s going to be extremely difficult if PR and code reviews do not prune unnecessary functions. From what I’m experiencing now, there’s a lot of additional code that gets generated.
ensemblehq commented on How to effectively write quality code with AI   heidenstedt.org/posts/202... · Posted by u/i5heu
OptionOfT · a month ago
I wonder at the end of this if it's the still worth the risk?

A lot of how I form my thoughts is driven by writing code, and seeing it on screen, running into its limitations.

Maybe it's the kind of work I'm doing, or maybe I just suck, but the code to me is a forcing mechanism into ironing out the details, and I don't get that when I'm writing a specification.

ensemblehq · a month ago
This is exactly the issue I’m facing especially when working with AI-generated codebases.

Coding is significantly faster but my understanding of the system takes a lot longer because I’m having to merge my mental model with what was produced.

ensemblehq commented on Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in   betakit.com/y-combinator-... · Posted by u/TheLegace
ensemblehq · a month ago
There could be many factors at play here so it’s not clear what the main issue is. However, from experience, US VC funds typically come from other US institutions and so it’s an easier sell when the corporation is US-based. Rules and regulations are more well understood and less complex for funds. The article states the requirement is to flip the structure to have the parent company based in one of the 3 countries mentioned. Presumably, better business/returns/policies
ensemblehq commented on America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan but for zoning laws   abio.substack.com/p/ameri... · Posted by u/627467
criddell · 2 months ago
It probably isn't as simple as the writer thinks. Houston, for example, has no zoning laws and no $4 lunch bowls.
ensemblehq · 2 months ago
What’s missing from the writer’s analysis is also the desire from the population to create such businesses. Having lived in Asia for a bit, most of these small businesses are not wildly profitable and not everyone is willing to put in the hard work and effort to running these affordable restaurants.
ensemblehq commented on Ask HN: Is anyone using LLM based document processing in production?    · Posted by u/asdev
ensemblehq · 3 months ago
Have you tried using non-LLM based methods? Like starting with something rules-based and working through a layered multi-model setup?

That’s what we’ve been using for document extraction where accuracy needs precision (capital markets documents, medical assessments). We had a go at pure LLM with medical documents but the output was poor and felt like it would take substantial investment to create something more robust.

ensemblehq commented on Launch HN: Inconvo (YC S23) – AI agents for customer-facing analytics    · Posted by u/ogham
manveerc · 7 months ago
Congratulations on the launch, looks great. Do you also support Google Sheets? We are building our dashboards in Sheets right now and that’s a big pain. Looking for alternatives.
ensemblehq · 7 months ago
Gemini has some support for Google Sheets built-in. It's under Labs now but worth a comparison: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14218565?hl=en
ensemblehq commented on Tell HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be    · Posted by u/paulwilsonn
ensemblehq · 7 months ago
Yes - 100%. That's why I have a Slack where I invite friends and other people hacking away. Planning on setting up more remote social stuff to beat the 'loneliness' factor. Happy to send you an invite if you want. We're friendly.
ensemblehq commented on Ask HN: What is the web template everyone uses for startups?    · Posted by u/Norcim133
ensemblehq · 7 months ago
You can probably find a ton of similar themes to purchase on ThemeForest (https://themeforest.net/)

u/ensemblehq

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