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Daenkson Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)

Hobby: I'm trying to write a simulator for Brandon Sanderson's cosmere magic system using a vector database to represent the in-universe spiritual realm and all it's connections, and small AI models to represent intents.

Daenkson Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors

Not all authors are against this either. Some big names are all in supporting Spotify (and other new audiobook platforms) because they are sick of Amazon/Audible monopoly.

Personally though, Spotify's audiobook user experience is paltry compared to a dedicated app.

Daenkson Comparative Cost Analysis for Deploying LLMs: Cloud, Self-Hosted, and 3rd Party

No comparison for self hosted at all.

Daenkson The Last Survivors of Meridian 59 (2014)

Hi!

I've been heavily involved in this project in the past. It's still going strong!

openmeridian.org and meridiannext.com are the most active open source servers.

Daenkson Erlang Basics

Nice! I've been seeing a lot about Erlang lately and have wanted to give it a go. This is perfect. Thanks for posting.

Daenkson Scroll down to see how time flies

Excellent presentation.

Daenkson Why Are People Still Playing Ultima Online?

No mention of Meridian 59 in this comment thread? Derp! Come see/play merdian at the Open Meridian Project (http://openmeridian.org)