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karanSF

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I build things at the intersection of software and hardware. Currently exploring systems language design, 3D geometry pipelines, and embedded signal processing. B.S. Computer Engineering from UIUC. Website: https://notruefireman.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/karans4 X: @karans4_SF Email: See my website
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karanSF··on Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent
Emojis on every line are an AI tell. The times I do use AI (shhhh...) I always remove them and tweak the language a bit.
karanSF··on Sysp: Systems Lisp compiling to C with homoiconic macros, refcounted memory, Hi
Thanks @todsacerdoti for sharing sysp, really appreciate you noticing it! I'm a highly motivated engineer, with plenty of skills ranging from web development to embedded engineering, and would love to discuss potentially being a part of your team at Pipedream. I'm open to chat about roles/fit on X, @karans4_SF or you can contact me though my email on my website (check my profile).

-- Karan

karanSF··on Show HN: GlyphLang – An AI-first programming language
Rather than using symbols, have you considered using common, self-descriptive words that would likely be one token? If the model hasn't been trained on the language, and the language itself isn't self-descriptive, then the language spec would have to be part of the context window too.
karanSF··on Privacy doesn't mean anything anymore, anonymity does
I can't stand the style as much as the excessive use of hyphens. The "It's not just ..., it's ...." every 5 sentences is too much once you notice it. However, every LLM seems to converge on this style. It wouldn't wouldn't write like that if it didn't work to some degree, so maybe it knows something we don't.