> Current AI image models can't understand grid-based pixel art.
sounds like a good use case to fix this problem from the model layer. an image gen model that is trained to make pixel perfect art.
Readit Newswestoque commented on Show HN: Fixing Google Nano Banana Pixel Art with Rust github.com/Hugo-Dz/sprite... · Posted by u/HugoDz
> No, local models won't help you here, unless you block them from the internet or setup a firewall for outbound traffic.
This is the only way. There has to be a firewall between a model and the internet.
Tools which hit both language models and the broader internet cannot have access to anything remotely sensitive. I don't think you can get around this fact.
i like how claude code currently does it. it asks permission for every command to be ran before doing so. now having a local model with this behavior will certainly mitigate this behavior. imagine before the AI hits the webhook.site it asks you
AI will visit site webhook.site..... allow this command? 1. Yes 2. No
westoque commented on Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected helixguard.ai/blog/malici... · Posted by u/mrdosija
a concern i have is that it's only a matter of time before a similar attack is done to electron based apps (which also have packages installed using npm). probably worse because it's installed in your computer and can potentially get any information especially given admin privileges.
Recently launched an AI cafe ordering app https://www.hellocafe.ai using chat and voice.
We wanted to make concept for an app using all local models for chat (llama 3.1 8B) and voice (whisper). Deployed using kubernetes and easily scalable not to mention fully open source!
Refreshing that it's built using the vue framework vs the typical react.
westoque commented on Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf cognition.ai/blog/windsur... · Posted by u/alazsengul
> divorced from any kind of fundamentals
Anthropic ARR went $1B -> $4B in the first half of this year. They're getting my $200 a month and it's easily the best money I spend. There's definitely something there.
> They're getting my $200 a month and it's easily the best money I spend
Can you explain? I don't see how $200 makes that much difference than what I get from paying $20/month with OpenAI? What's the use case?
westoque commented on LLMs and Elixir: Windfall or deathblow? zachdaniel.dev/p/llms-and... · Posted by u/uxcolumbo
Having used Elixir for multiple years on something other than a server application, I disagree with calling Elixir a general purpose programming language. It’s really good for writing servers, I’ll give it that, but for stuff that isn’t an always-on network application, I felt the OTP way of doing things was designed for something I wasn’t building. Elixir makes it very easy to build servers, but the language and community are very biased towards client/server use cases. It certainly can be used for things other than server, much like I could build a web app using QBasic or Excel. The focus of the language, its history and the community around Elixir has always been server apps. To me, that’s the biggest indicator that it’s a specialized language rather than a general purpose language.
Came here to say this. What makes a great general purpose language is not only in the programming part but also in transportability. I think Go takes the cake here. If only Elixir apps could be compiled and transported as a binary to similar systems and it works, then it would make it a great general purpose language. Until then, it's really only a good client/server language as it was intended to be.
westoque commented on The Myth of Developer Obsolescence alonso.network/the-recurr... · Posted by u/cat-whisperer
> code is not an asset—it's a liability
Yes, this. 100% this. The goal is for a program to serve a goal/purpose with the least a amount of code possible. AI does the exact opposite. Now that code generation is easy, there is no more natural constraint preventing too much liability.
Such a great quote. Mostly true if viewed especially from a business standpoint. I for one also see code as creative expression, a form of art. I like coding because I can express a solution in a way that is elegant and nice to read for myself and others. A bit shallow but If you've read code that is written elegantly, you'll know that immediately.
1. acquire talent.
2. control the future roadmap of bun.
i think it's really 1.