1. I’m OK, the bull is dead (2004)
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The article discusses a reporting style known as the “punch line” approach, which involves presenting project status in a concise and direct manner. The author explains that the punch line method involves the following steps: stating the facts without adjectives or modifiers, explaining how the facts impact the project, outlining the next steps or solutions, and providing an explanation for the facts. The author shares a personal anecdote about how he taught his children this reporting style and how it proved useful when his son was involved in a car accident. The article emphasizes the benefits of starting with the most important information and how this approach saves time and improves clarity in reporting.
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The author of the article shares their experience of how they learned to communicate in a specific way due to their father’s quick anger and premature conclusions. They found that by altering their storytelling to clarify their own actions and separate themselves from any negative assumptions, they were able to calm their father down. The author reflects on this communication style, viewing it as potentially stemming from anxiety rather than a positive character trait. They provide an example of how they would prefer to communicate a situation, highlighting the importance of clearly stating the outcome and their well-being.
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The author compares the “academic approach” to starting with background information to the actual way an academic paper begins, which is with an abstract that briefly summarizes the entire document.
2. How a startup loses its spark
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The author discusses why engineers often find working at a seed stage startup “intoxicating” compared to larger companies. They explain that the fun and enjoyable aspects of working at a startup diminish as the company scales and more employees are added. They argue that this is inevitable due to the nature of growth and increasing user demands. However, the author suggests strategies to slow down the loss of fun, such as avoiding the acceleration of corporatization by emulating larger companies’ processes. They propose that large companies should instead try to operate more like startups. Additionally, the author advises cleverly designing incentives and hiring at a slower pace to mitigate scaling challenges. They also mention that as tools and technology improve, future founders may not face the same scaling pains, leading to a more enjoyable work experience for everyone.
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The article praises Netflix’s approach 10 years ago when they hired experienced individuals and eliminated unnecessary processes. This resulted in a culture where things happened naturally and non-events were expected. Examples include the quick implementation of active-active regions, the development of an easy deployment tool called Asgard, and the transition away from the monolithic Tomcat app. Engineers had minimal meetings and were given the freedom to be productive. The managers and directors took on the responsibility of setting the right context for the team.
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The author of the summarized article criticizes the notion that employees should be “intoxicated” with their job, arguing that it stems from a dysfunctional expectation in the tech industry. They believe that the best developers are professionals who know their worth, are well-compensated, and have a healthy work-life balance. The author warns young engineers against fully dedicating their lives to their job, as some employers may take advantage of their enthusiasm at the expense of their personal lives. However, they acknowledge that not all bosses have such expectations and that a balanced employer/employee relationship is normal.
3. We need scientific dissidents
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The article discusses how scientific dissidents are often criticized with statements like “the science is settled” or “trust the science” when they offer differing perspectives. The author provides examples such as the ongoing statin controversy, drug-related to diabetes, and the connection between Benadryl and dementia. The article argues that science is always evolving and that the idea of settled science goes against the nature of the scientific process.
4. 80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans
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According to new research from Envoy, 80% of bosses regret their initial decisions to bring employees back to the office and say they would have approached their plans differently if they had a better understanding of what their employees wanted. The study interviewed over 1,000 U.S. company executives and workplace managers, who expressed challenges in measuring the success of in-office policies and making long-term real estate investments without knowing how employees might feel about returning to the office. Some business leaders are backtracking on earlier pledges to allow employees to work from home, while others are requiring employees to spend more time at the office, citing the need for in-person collaboration. The sunk cost of unused office space has been a major factor in companies’ decisions to change their return-to-office approach. Companies that put pressure on employees to return to the office without seeking employee input are more likely to experience turnover issues. On the other hand, companies that involve employees in decision-making are seeing more success in returning to the office. For example, Ernst & Young rolled out a fund to reimburse commuting, pet care, and dependent care costs for its employees, resulting in a 150% increase in office attendance since the benefit was introduced. It is expected to take at least another year or two for companies to settle into an office routine that both employees and bosses are content with.
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The article highlights the author’s view on the guilt tripping used by employers regarding remote work. The author argues that some employers have a misconception of lazy remote workers and an inflated sense of the importance of their workplace. They argue that the majority of jobs are not people’s passions and do not have the potential to make a significant impact. The author dismisses the idea that remote work is bad because employees cannot interact with colleagues and engage in deep work, stating that it is an overvaluation of the company’s importance. They believe that companies that truly make a difference are the minority and smart employers would recognize the benefits of a hybrid work policy.
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The article suggests that some leaders are finding it challenging to measure the success of in-office policies and make long-term real estate investments without knowing how employees will feel about returning to the office in the future. It also highlights that the objections to return-to-office policies, such as productivity and employee opinions, were valid and could have been avoided with a brief moment of reflection. However, the article notes a positive aspect that 80% of executives admitted they could have done a better job, which is surprising considering the common belief that they would claim flawless execution.
5. Zero Motorcycles makes its service manuals free
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The article discusses a brand that charges a monthly subscription to unlock the full battery range on their bikes. If customers don’t pay, they are left carrying around an inaccessible extra battery. The brand is known for being unfriendly to consumers.
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The author of the article discusses their experience with finding service manuals for cars and motorcycles. They state that they have never had trouble finding manuals, either in PDF or hard copy format, usually for around $20. The author also mentions that while it is good to see OEMs providing service manuals, the information they are most interested in, particularly when it comes to electric motorcycles, is the ECU software, which is highly protected.
6. Special Relativity: Lorentz Transformations (2018) [video]
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The article discusses a video by ScienceClic that provides an explanation of Lorentz boosts as hyperbolic rotations of spacetime. The article does not provide any additional information or details.
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The individual is expressing relief and understanding after receiving a helpful explanation. They mention having had difficulty comprehending transformation equations during physics lectures in the past. However, they also acknowledge that part of the responsibility lies with them for not fully engaging in the material.
7. Fooocus: OSS for image generation by ControlNet author
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The article discusses a software called Fooocus, which is an image generating software. It is a combination of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney’s designs. Fooocus is offline, open source, and free. It eliminates the need for manual tweaking and focuses on prompts and images. The software includes optimizations and quality improvements. It simplifies the installation process, requiring fewer mouse clicks. The software requires a minimum of 4GB GPU memory. Users can directly download the software and run it. Fooocus offers features that other software may not have, and it is based on a mixture of Automatic1111 and ComfyUI codebases.
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The article discusses a method called “Native refiner swap” that allows the refiner model to reuse the base model’s momentum or history parameters collected from k-sampling to achieve more coherent sampling. This method improves sampling continuity and avoids wasting momentum. The author finds this approach interesting and impressive, and plans to experiment with it over the weekend.
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The article discusses the use of ControlNet, which is often combined with Stable Diffusion. ControlNet allows the addition of conditions to guide the generation process. There are extensions available for Automatic1111’s stable diffusion webui that make use of ControlNet. Some examples of its functionality include copying the pose of a person or animal in an image and generating a different person with the same pose, as well as filling in line art drawings with a particular style.
8. tRPC – Build and consume typesafe APIs without schemas or code generation
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The article discusses the benefits and features of using tRPC, a tool that boosts productivity for full-stack applications using TypeScript inference. It highlights that TypeScript provides warnings for errors before saving the file, eliminating the need for build or compile steps. tRPC is compatible with various JavaScript frameworks and runtimes, and can be easily integrated into existing projects. The tool has zero dependencies and a small client-side footprint, making it lightweight. It offers adapters for popular frameworks and platforms. The article also explains the steps to create a tRPC API, set up an HTTP server, and create a client for querying data. Overall, tRPC aims to remove the need for a traditional API-layer while maintaining code integrity during rapid iteration. The article concludes by mentioning positive feedback from developers and expressing gratitude to sponsors.
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The author is currently removing tRPC from their codebase. They describe it as a nightmare of tight coupling and mention that it discourages junior developers from considering interfaces and data access patterns. While it is useful for rapid prototyping, it becomes difficult to decouple the codebase later on.
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The article discusses how Notion has been using an API style similar to tRPC for several years. It explains how to build this type of API using Typescript’s mapped types, by creating an object type with API names as keys and request/response types as values. The server is structured to handle each API as a function, taking the appropriate request type and returning the corresponding response type. A client is then built to expose each API as an async function with the same arguments and return type. The article mentions that this strategy is used for Notion’s internal API, real-time APIs, Electron-Webview APIs, and Native-Webview APIs. For native APIs, the server side is written in Swift or Kotlin, and the request and response types are manually rewritten from Typescript. The article also mentions the possibility of switching to a binary-based format with its own IDL in the future.
9. Show HN: liteLLM Proxy Server: 50+ LLM Models, Error Handling, Caching
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The article discusses using the “/chat/completions” endpoint to make requests for over 50 language model (LLM) models, such as Azure, OpenAI, Replicate, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. Users can specify which models to use, such as “claude-2” or “gpt-3.5”. The article also mentions error handling and model fallbacks, as well as logging requests, responses, and errors to various providers like Supabase, Posthog, Mixpanel, Sentry, and Helicone. The endpoint allows for chat completions using raw JSON inputs, and the responses from the server follow a consistent format. The article also provides information on deploying the project on Railway GCP, AWS, and Azure using a Dockerfile.
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The article provides an update that the ollama integration has been added to run self-hosted llama2. It includes a tutorial link for further reference.
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The article suggests that it would be useful to have support for local/in-K8-cluster models. It also mentions that most production use cases likely require a fallback from small to medium to large to GPT4 models. The author expresses skepticism that many people would switch from one expensive proprietary API to another due to costs and low quota limits. Lastly, the article highlights the importance of abstraction layers for model servers to keep up with the rapid improvements in the field.
10. Show HN: Pykoi – a Python library for LLM data collection and fine tuning
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The author is expressing curiosity about using the current infrastructure for their project at louie.ai. They mention the need to own the data and database, as well as align with their regular and vector infrastructure. They also mention spending a lot of time on security annotations, as the data is used not only for training but also for live feedback. They express the need for rich expressivity for partitioning and sharing the data among different users or teams, as the current infrastructure seems to assume one big pile.
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The article in question is about a “great start” in terms of styling components. The writer is interested in personalizing the appearance of the components and would like to use it if this option is available.