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tevon··on Chatterbox TTS
I just tested it out locally, really excellent quality, the server was easy to set up and well documented.

I'd love to get to real-time generation if that's in the pipeline? Would like to use it along with Home Assistant.

tevon··on Launch HN: Chonkie (YC X25) – Open-Source Library for Advanced Chunking
Looks like they will have a cloud offering, and mentioned in this post are on-prem and managed offerings
tevon··on Launch HN: Chonkie (YC X25) – Open-Source Library for Advanced Chunking
Was just looking into chunking strategies today, this looks great! Will update with any feedback.
tevon··on Show HN: Stack Error – ergonomic error handling for Rust
This is awesome! Will give it a try in my next project.

How does it keep track of filename and line number in a compiled binary? I'm fairly new to rust libraries and this doesn't quite make sense to me. I know in JS you need a source-map for minification, how does this work for a compiled language?

tevon··on Stack Overflow is almost dead
All the same places it comes from for human programmers before a language has many answers on SO.

- Documentation - Open source projects using it - Github issues - Source code - Blogs - Youtube videos

The list goes on

tevon··on Show HN: I made an AI copilot for Maps that answers open-ended map questions
This is awesome! Really like how it can take context wrt land features (like bars that are high up to view the tokyo tower)
tevon··on Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations
This seems like a particularly limited view of what a machine is. Specifically expecting it to behave deterministically.
tevon··on Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations
Stackoverflow is like this, you read an answer but are not fully sure if its right or if it fits your needs.

Of course there is a review system for a reason, but we frequently use "untrusted" tools in development.

That one guy in a github issue that said "this worked for me"

tevon··on Datastar: Web Framework for the Future?
Agreed, I have gig internet and a hardwire connection and still get more lag than I'd want from a web app.

Potentially could be solved with some client side cache but still..

tevon··on Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history
They left open a publicly exposed database... I'm sure they informed the company about this before publishing their post. Why are you blaming Wiz for this?
tevon··on On DeepSeek and export controls
While Russia has certainly found ways around the sanctions, look at their economy... Putin is spending his reserves out from under the next decade. They're rather fucked.

Clearly china could last longer under similar conditions, but they're also looking weaker than they did 5 years ago.

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
The link you cited literally explains how they tried to get around this restriction by setting it up as an autonomous non-profit (that was US-based).

Additionally, it was required to register as a foreign agent before shutting down...

This rather proves my point

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
Yes we should be able to view it. This restriction doesn't prevent us from viewing these creators or their videos. It DOES mandate that it is sold to a US-based company.

Allowing a foreign adversary to consistently pump in propaganda just isn't something that should be protected by free speech... You, a citizen, are allowed to go find whatever media your heart desires. A foreign power is NOT allowed to force feed your propaganda. How is that not clear?

Free speech protects our ability to not be prosecuted for saying or viewing something controversial. Why on earth would that same protection be extended to a foreign power?!

tevon··on I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again
I call writing GitHub Actions "Search and Deploy", constantly pushing to a branch to get an action to run is a terrible pattern...

You'd think, especially with the deep VS Code integration, they'd have at least a basic sanity-check locally, even if not running the full pipeline.

tevon··on Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline
Because if Zuck or Musk does something bad with said power, we can do something about it.

We can't really jail the CCP. Additionally, Zuck and Musk don't have armies to back up their propaganda. We shouldn't let foreign powers own the means of broadcast...

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
I agree, though not when broadcast by a foreign adversary (per the 1934 law).

Forcing a sale to a US company also enables that to continue. Additionally, it does not protect the right for users to receive/hear speech from EVERY outlet, this same speech is permissible on any other platform - simply not one mediated by an adversary.

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
Of course it's relevant. TikTok should be considered a broadcaster. We have not allowed foreign ownership of a broadcaster since 1934.

A book does not broadcast in the same way.

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
THIS!

If you listen to the arguments that TikTok made before the Supreme Court, the court is extremely dubious of the free speech argument. And this has been a court that has been very favorable to free speech overall.

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
It makes no sense to me how this is an argument of free speech.

I assume you are saying this is curtailing the creators speech? However the creators can move to any other platform, they are not being restricted in what they can say or produce.

So perhaps the concern is about TikTok's free speech; which, thank god the constitution does not protect a foreign adversaries right to free speech.

tevon··on TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday
We haven't allowed a foreign adversary to own a media company since 1934.

This is just updating the standard. TikTok is clearly a massive threat, how is that not obvious?

https://www.fcc.gov/general/foreign-ownership-rules-and-poli....

tevon··on TikTok tells staff impacted by wildfires to use sick hours if they can't work
Some user here called “cma” commented twice about how “this headline is libel”.

Both comments are now deleted/taken down. Do we have a Chinese gov shill in the mix?

tevon··on An MCP Server for Home Assistant
Bridge between Claude (Desktop) and a Home Assistant server. Works 10x better than the built in Home Assistant LLM
tevon··on Busy Status Bar from Flipper Devices
I'm planning to use this at home to defend my focus from myself! That idea definitely goes both ways.
tevon··on A Local-First Case Study
You definitely can! We're using kademlia for sync and discovery, which works quite well
tevon··on A Local-First Case Study
We've thought a fair amount about this. Our approach is the use sqlite on-device. Think about it more as a partially replicated db instead of a cache.

Then locally available devices can compare changelogs and sync only the delta.

No need for a checksum, since you can use monetonically increasing version numbers and CRDTs!

tevon··on Privacy-Focused Code Sharing: Onboardbase's Answer to Traditional Pastebins
The number of API keys that still travel via Slack is wild. But need something like this to be equally low-effort, nice!
tevon··on What the interns have wrought, 2024 edition
This mis-identifies the purpose of intern programs.

Interns aren't there to get a bunch done. They're there to evaluate them and convince them to come back after graduation.

Even with Cursor + Claude (maybe even because of them?) there is still demand to hiring software engineers. Intern programs are hiring pipelines.

tevon··on San Francisco seeks ban of software critics say is used to inflate rents
A landlord gets absolutely crushed by vacancy.

If they accept the higher price suggested by the software, they risk being vacant for longer. A month of vacancy is generally not worth 100 extra dollars a month.

So if the price is too high, the landlord has a strong incentive to drop it.

The price suggestion isn't the issue, the lack of stock absolutely is.

tevon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024)
Bruinen (https://bruinen.co) | Senior Software Engineer| San Francisco Bay Area | ONSITE

Bruinen builds a local-first database for edge devices. We're completely built in Rust and allow devices to use any network available to them to replicate data across the database. Our core use-case is enabling autonomous vehicles/robots/devices and sensors to continue operating in harsh environments where networks are not available, intermittent, or denied.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to come join the team as we deploy our database into some of the coolest environments - the sea, the air, the farmers field, or the battlefield!

Listing here: https://www.bruinen.co/careers/senior-software-engineer

Tech stack: Rust, Sqlite, React

Email to get in touch: Tevon [at] bruinen [dot] co

tevon··on Automerge: A library of data structures for building collaborative applications
Sooo we’re building “SQLite for local-first development”, it’s here! Uses CRDTs, can be a partially replicated db, peer to peer networking and discovery.

Bruinen.co

Shoot me a note if you want an early build! Or if interested in building with us :)

tevon [at] bruinen.co

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