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big_hacker··on Launch HN: Prized (YC S26) – Let non-engineer staff build secure internal tools
It's funded by YC!
big_hacker··on Who needs Git when you have 1M context windows?
Agreed. Most plausible reason they "can't remember" the good solution is because they were vibe coding and didn't really understand what they were doing. Research mode my ass.
big_hacker··on How does gradient descent work?
https://youtu.be/ajGX7odA87k?t=613 the stuff is what the stuff, brother.
big_hacker··on TigerBeetle is a most interesting database
What's it like compared to Redis or even KeyDB?
big_hacker··on TigerBeetle is a most interesting database
If it's gonna fit on one machine I'm picking Postgres, Mongo or Redis before TigerBeetle and let's be honest it's not the difference between the 4 that will make it not fit on one machine.
big_hacker··on TigerBeetle is a most interesting database
TigerBeetle doesn't shard either.
big_hacker··on Ask HN: How can ChatGPT serve 700M users when I can't run one GPT-4 locally?
Well, Search had no chance when the sites also make money from Google ads. Google fucked their Search by creating themselves incentives for bounce rate.
big_hacker··on How I build software quickly
I like the writing style. It is simple and effective.

The author said LLM helps. Let's lynch him!

big_hacker··on The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles
Honestly the metric which increased the most is the marketing and astroturfing budget of the major players (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Deepseek).

Say what you want about Facebook but at least they released their flagship model fully open.

big_hacker··on Notes on Buttondown.com
Amazon SES is $0.10/1k email.
big_hacker··on BuffDB is a Rust library to simplify multi-plexing on edge devices
I think it's a proxy between your software and SQLite with a new database API. I guess "multiplexing" is a big word for saying you can someday swap SQLite for something else.

The CLI shows key-value store features.

I don't know if this software has real world savings in performance. I don't think I would ever use this software.

big_hacker··on Hotwire: HTML Over The Wire
If a truck uses more gas than a car while going at the same speed, is the truck more gas-friendly?
big_hacker··on Hotwire: HTML Over The Wire
The last commit on Github was 2 days ago so I think it's safe to say this is a dead project.
big_hacker··on Don't DRY Your Code Prematurely
is free country sort of
big_hacker··on Two new funding opportunities for sustainable jobs in the low-carbon economy
I don't know why my tax dollars are being used to change winter tires of company electric vehicles but here we are.
big_hacker··on Loki: An open-source tool for fact verification
I wouldn't say it's formal. It's the overly optimistic tone and 100% coverage of the parent post. The fact we can't tell for sure emphasizes my point.
big_hacker··on Loki: An open-source tool for fact verification
Dead internet.