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levifig commented on Ollama violating llama.cpp license for over a year   github.com/ollama/ollama/... · Posted by u/Jabrov
levifig · 4 months ago
FWIW, llama.cpp links to and fetches models from ollama (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/tools/run/...).

This issue seems to be the typical case of someone being bothered for someone else, because it implies there's no "recognition of source material" when there's quite a bit of symbiosis between the projects.

levifig commented on Open-source is where dreams go to die   trevorlasn.com/blog/open-... · Posted by u/GarethX
greatgib · 6 months ago
Again, a big misconception that you do Open Source for money and to get rich.

Also, the maintainers "burnt" listed in this blog post got pissed off because they can't control another project ("linux"), that doesn't belong to them or was created by them, to go in a specific direction that they would like.

levifig · 6 months ago
I blame this on the recent development of "open source as a marketing strategy". I'm getting tired of "open source" products that have restrictive licenses, or that are open source but lock features behind paywalls and subscription plans. It seems open source is just an excuse to ask for "stars" and to get some good will from potential users.

The Open Source world has become what the startup world became: more posers than supporters.

If you're worried that people will steal your code, your idea, or use your product for free, then don't claim it's "open source" and say "source available for auditing purposes" and start paying for contributions.

levifig commented on Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes   macchaffee.com/blog/2024/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
levifig · 9 months ago
Everyone talking about Kubernetes as if it was merely a "hyperscaler" and the biggest benefit of Kubernetes over a bunch of custom scripts is consistency and the ability to have everyone work on an industry standard, which makes it easier to onboard new hires, to write scripts and documentation against, etc…

Repeat with me: K8s is but an API.

levifig commented on I Stopped Using Kubernetes. Our DevOps Team Is Happier Than Ever   blog.stackademic.com/i-st... · Posted by u/yarapavan
figassis · 9 months ago
Why exactly did they have 47 clusters? One thing I noticed (maybe because I’m not at that scale) is that companies are running 1+ clusters per application. Isn’t the point of kubernetes that you can run your entire infra in a single cluster, and at most you’d need a second cluster for redundancy, and you can spread nodes across regions and AZs and even clouds?

I think the bottleneck is networking and how much crosstalk your control nodes can take, but that’s your architecture team’s job?

levifig · 9 months ago
To answer your question directly: yes, that's the point. You may have different clusters for different logical purposes but, yes: less clusters, more node groups is a better practice.
levifig commented on Comparing AWS S3 with Cloudflare R2: Price, Performance and User Experience   kerkour.com/aws-s3-vs-clo... · Posted by u/randomint64
shivasaxena · 9 months ago
I would say don't run a casino on cloudflare
levifig commented on From S3 to R2: An economic opportunity   dansdatathoughts.substack... · Posted by u/dangoldin
levifig · 2 years ago
We moved entire infrastructure to AWS last year, to speed up/simplify/rethink it. We lasted 3 months on S3/CloudFront. We are still heavily invested in AWS, but moved our production storage/distribution to R2/Cloudflare and couldn't be happier.

Next up: moving our cloud edge (NAT Gateways, WAF, etc) to Fortinet appliances, which licenses we purchased bundled with our on-prem infra.

I know Corey Quinn always harps on AWS' egress pricing but you really can't emphasize it enough: it's literally extortionary!

levifig commented on Charm has raised $6M in funding   charm.sh/blog/the-next-ge... · Posted by u/Cthulhu_
levifig · 2 years ago
VC funding is where cool products/ideas go to die... or sell off to be assimilated.

I don't think VC funding exists if "premium support/enterprise consulting" is the monetization strategy. Either they see monetary value in the product itself and intend to maximize it (aka subscriptions, paid features, etc), or see the IP value and intend to have the business "flipped" for profit.

levifig commented on Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?    · Posted by u/nbrad
arjvik · 2 years ago
Spot instances actually make this manageably cheap!
levifig · 2 years ago
Spot instances for dev environment???? "Your instance will be terminated in 1m" sounds like the new "Can't work; code is building"… haha
levifig commented on Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid Off   404media.co/bandcamps-ent... · Posted by u/mstep
levifig · 2 years ago
This kind of explains why Epic sold them. This still doesn't explain why Epic bought them…
levifig commented on Duck DNS   duckdns.org/... · Posted by u/axiomdata316
yellowapple · 2 years ago
Their announcement about no longer supporting logging in via reddit is interesting: https://www.duckdns.org/reddit.jsp

Reddit's rationale for the C&D was that "Offering this login option misleads and confuses consumers by implying Reddit’s endorsement, association or sponsorship of your application", which is

1. complete bullshit; and

2. hypocritical, given that it's possible to log into reddit with one's Google and/or Apple account

levifig · 2 years ago
That announcement is… from 2021! :X

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