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you mean the native `str.padStart(targetLength, padString)`

big fan of the approach & simplicity!

Claude's [new] tool usage is pretty good. Unlike with GPT-4 where I had to really minimize the context and descriptions for each tool, Claude Opus does better when provided more de…

There's no theory. Just in real life usage, it is extremely uncommon to stochastically query the model and use the most common answer. Using it with temperature 0 is the "best" ans…

By virtue of increasing randomness, we got the correct answer once ... a monkey at a typewriter will also spit out the correct answer occasionally. Temperature 0 is the correct eva…

I've been building a personal AI assistant for my self that's accessible over iMessage. It's accessible on every Apple device and even CarPlay, which has been super useful and seam…

Thank you for the tip! Will add.

It simply doesn't have the ability to visit a specific URL or answer questions about it. For that reason + a couple more niceties I use https://olly.bot

I like it! I built a command line AI coding assistant for my projects ( https://codemancer.codes ) when GPT-4 first came out, but still think this space is wayyy under explored giv…

My startup is taking off, but I'm on H1-B, about to get my perm and apply for I-140. I haven't incorporated, haven't setup an LLC, have accepted payments on my girlfriend's sole pr…

Just use Amplitude

That's true, but you can prompt the LLM to sort by other criteria and it will happily oblige. e.g. number of syllables, how posh the word sounds, or in this case relevance to the c…