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shift8 commented on FLUX.1 Kontext bfl.ai/models/flux-kontex... · Posted by u/minimaxir

a2128 · 7 months ago

It seems more accurate than 4o image generation in terms of preserving original details. If I give it my 3D animal character and ask it for a minor change like changing the lighting, 4o will completely mangle the face of my character, it will change the body and other details slightly. This Flux model keeps the visible geometry almost perfectly the same even when asked to significantly change the pose or lighting

shift8 · 7 months ago

anything is more accurate than the llms at generating images. chatgpt, google gemini, all of them... they're not optimized for image generation. it's why veo is an entirely different model from google for example. and even veo isn't the best video model either. people dedicated to images and video are just spending more time here (such as black forest labs). as a result, those specialized models are better.

shift8 commented on OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/swyx

sagarpatil · 8 months ago

I’ve been a WindSurf customer since day one. It was my first true AI agentic experience.

[Dev mode] While working on Alembic migrations I broke one of my migration files. After an hour of manual debugging I handed the task to WindSurf. It methodically checked every config file, applied the migrations one by one, and narrowed the issue to a single file. It rewrote the migration, verified the fix, wrote tests, ensured everything passed, and opened a PR. I reviewed it and it worked flawlessly.

Regarding the acquisition I don’t understand why OAI would pay $3 B. The team is strong, they have lots of data, and the agentic flow is great, but all of that feels commoditized.

Claude Code launched two months ago and I prefer it to WindSurf, Cursor, and Aider. Augment Code also ranks above WindSurf for me.

If I were in Sam’s place I would have doubled or tripled down on Codex CLI. Just my 2 cents.

shift8 · 8 months ago

I think it was foolish to buy it for so much money to be honest. I'm not sure how large its user base is, but that's more than likely something to do with it.

Remember that none of these tools can survive forever. Exiting was EXTREMELY smart of the founders here. Incredibly smart. I'd F off into the sunset now myself.

The reason is because they are built on top of VS Code and use Claude. So OpenAI can switch the LLM, cool, but at the end of the day there's no moat for the Cursors and Windsurfs of the world. OpenAI has the keys here because they have the proprietary LLM. This doesn't mean OpenAI will survive btw. I think Google will awkwardly win this race. They're so so so awkward though it'll take some time. It's painful to watch, but because they have the user base, they'll win. Hold that thought for a moment.

So new tools like Cursor and Windsurf will pop up all the time and do you think Microsoft will just sit by and watch? Nope. They'll update VS Code and Copilot and voila, the pendulum shift. As quickly as Cursor and Windsurf gained users, they'll lose them all again back to VS Code and Copilot. Copilot does indeed index your entire codebase - a rumor or misunderstanding by people. So as the dust settles, we'll see this change in usage. As LLMs trade places, we'll have a revolving door of fanbois and people arguing about what's better. What a rollercoaster.

What's really interesting here is that I think we're going to see a LOT of litigation. Back to Google. Look at what's happening with Google Chrome. Some genius thought they were in violation of anti-trust laws (well maybe they are). The reality is they are about to make it WAY WAY WORSE because Google Chrome was open source and should someone buy Chrome and decide they don't want to share...Well bye bye funding to virtual every other web browser. Congratulations brilliant legal system, you created a monopoly. It just wasn't Google's monopoly so I suppose that's alright.

So what I would bet is going to happen here is we're going to see OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, etc. all start to mess with one another here in a similar fashion. It's all going to be lobbying and legal battles. All over the place. It's going to make for an incredibly turbulent landscape. This is a very very expensive game.

THIS is why we're talking $3B. Someone is looking to protect something. It's not because of value. To think about it as a business value somewhere is wrong. Windsurf and Cursor aren't worth billions. Are you out of your mind? There's no justifiable way any rational human being would think that. When they're built on top of other tech and have absolutely no defensible position?? Heck no. It's not about their value individually, it's about their added value to these other companies. It's about bet placing. It's about protecting a larger business.

Take a moment to think what the world would look like if OpenAI must remain an open source business and or had to divest ChatGPT. They get Screwgoogled. Now ask why they're going to gobble up other businesses and why they keep raising all this money. I still think it's foolish, but it definitely seems like an existential threat that's lurking in there to me.

shift8 commented on Show HN: Stock Trading with Insomnia REST Client and Alpaca API · Posted by u/shift8

kaycebasques · 7 years ago

A commission-free trading API? How does Alpaca make money?

shift8 · 7 years ago

services

shift8 commented on Show HN: Minimal Google Analytics Snippet minimalanalytics.com... · Posted by u/davidkuennen

onion2k · 7 years ago

Both of Google's recommended methods of adding Analytics to a website load Google's JS library asynchronously[1]. Including it has no meaningful impact a site's time to first paint or interactivity.

There's a good argument to say loading 70Kb of JS you're not using is a bad idea, and if that's the case then your smaller script is an improvement, but there's also a good argument to say Google Analytics is powerful and useful and maybe you should be using the features that those 70Kb give you in order to improve you site in ways the user would notice. I guess it's down to your specific use case.

[1] https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...

shift8 · 7 years ago

Really good point and I agree. This was intriguing at first glance because who doesn't want less JS on their site?! Of course! However, missing out on other events being tracked, advanced demographic information(?), and what else?? That's a huge miss - especially if you work with Google Ads and have your Analytics linked. Your ad campaigns won't be as effective and could potentially cost more money to save someone an unknown amount of loading time.

This is pretty creative though.

shift8 commented on Robinhood launches 3% checking account techcrunch.com/2018/12/13... · Posted by u/ccwilson10

shift8 · 7 years ago

Til they lose your money I guess just like the options yesterday (actually, that really stinks for some developer somewhere and was completely horrible so wishing the engineers some good vibes over that and hopefully work out).

shift8 commented on Open Source and Free Trading API with Python, Forget Robinhood medium.com/automation-gen... · Posted by u/sneakyapple

chad_strategic · 7 years ago

So this might be a great api and I’m excited there is competition in the api trading market place. But it not a great api unless it has a paper trading account. That’s why I’m stuck with IB.

shift8 · 7 years ago

Ah yes, well. It does indeed have free paper trading.