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All calls to LLM service take place on the server. Prompts are more or less predefined by an internal team. Users click useful buttons that alters functions to sanitized JSON. User…

I do at least 2 of these calls per day. Interacting with end users is the only way to maintain PMF. IMO anyone too big, cool, or fast-growing… sadly mistaken.

Same. API Gateway and Lambda consoles are throwing "service error". Started just around 10am.

As a startup, there are two reasons why you’d ever consider filling out one of these RFPs: 1) you can paste bullet points from your pricing page directly into it and you’re not bei…

Hope there was still time to amend the college applications with a link to this post.

Understanding fully that this is meant to serve just as a reference, this type of article risks positioning hiring as an end — not as a means to an end. Better to take external adv…

Most Reddit readers worth real advertising $ use ad blockers of one kind or another. I’m happy for the Reddit team, and hope they’re able to make a responsible revenue stream out o…

Is there a news story here that I'm not seeing as I scroll through the comments? (Have been using / recommending Hemingway App for a few years. Great product.)

There is an insidious and perhaps even more blatant pay-for-review industry in B2B software: Capterra, G2Crowd, TrustPilot, etc. They all promise "unbiased reviews" but aggressivel…

Curious, in what context are you all still using VBA?

Forgot to mention: there's nothing inherently wrong with storing data in CSV files. One does have to think about consumption and processing. A Postgres database seems pretty reason…

This is clearly a case of someone not knowing the limits of a technology / how to select or use a technology. Yes, more modern versions of Excel support many more rows than 65k. As…

Another reminder of the importance of taking the periodic, thoughtful moment to document the type of imprint each of us would like to have left on this world once we're gone.

Can anyone describe the business benefits of an algolia implementation (vs Elasticsearch?) for a company that doesn't heavily rely on content searches? It seems expensive and somet…

Having built many these models, it's now my opinion that if you are at the stage where you're needing a template for a business plan, you better have a product that fits a real nee…

True, there are liquidations of physical assets. But the biggest benefit to the last remaining employees and board members (particularly those who are Directors or Officers) is red…

I have a home office in San Francisco. With a remote team including direct reports nine hours ahead of me, it’s important to me that it’s a specific room that’s mostly dedicated fo…