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Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by cweagans »

hiccuphippo wrote: post #51
hamandcheese wrote: post #49

> Each agent is a TOML config with a focused job. Such as code reviewer, log analyzer, commit message writer. You can run them from the CLI, pipe data in, get results out. I'm a bit skeptical of this approach, at least for building general purpose coding agents. If the agents were humans, it would be absolutely insane to assign such fine-grained responsibilities to multiple people and ask them to collaborate.

Clankers are not humans.

This is the second time I've seen somebody use the word "clankers" in the last couple days to refer to AI. Is that a thing now? Where'd that come from?

Gonna be honest, it has taken away from the message both times I've seen it. It feels a bit like you're LARPing your favorite humans vs robots tv show.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by JadeNB »

cweagans wrote: post #61
hiccuphippo wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clankers are not humans.

This is the second time I've seen somebody use the word "clankers" in the last couple days to refer to AI. Is that a thing now? Where'd that come from? Gonna be honest, it has taken away from the message both times I've seen it. It feels a bit like you're LARPing your favorite humans vs robots tv show.

You can find the answers to both of your questions on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanker

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by anigbrowl »

cweagans wrote: post #61
hiccuphippo wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clankers are not humans.

This is the second time I've seen somebody use the word "clankers" in the last couple days to refer to AI. Is that a thing now? Where'd that come from? Gonna be honest, it has taken away from the message both times I've seen it. It feels a bit like you're LARPing your favorite humans vs robots tv show.

It is a thing, i've been hearing it for at least 6 months. There's a lot of people who really hate AI and want nothing to do with it.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by boznz »

I will give it a try, I like the idea of being closer to the metal.

A Proper self-contained, self improving AI@home with the AI as the OS is my end goal, I have a nice high spec but older laptop I am currently using as a sacrificial pawn experimenting with this, but there is a big gap in my knowledge and I'm still working through GPT2 level stuff, also resources are tight when you're retired. I guess someone will get there this year the way things are going, but I'm happy to have fun until then.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

#65

Post by daveguy »

devmor wrote: post #15
a1o wrote: post #4

Is the axe drawing actually a hammer?

I believe it's actually trying to render a splitting maul, which people often confuse for an axe.

Splitting mauls have a wider angle to help separate wood pieces and a beefier back to use with/as a sledgehammer or splitting wedge. What's rendered is definitely more like an axe than a splitting maul.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by devmor »

daveguy wrote: post #65
devmor wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it's actually trying to render a splitting maul, which people often confuse for an axe.

Splitting mauls have a wider angle to help separate wood pieces and a beefier back to use with/as a sledgehammer or splitting wedge. What's rendered is definitely more like an axe than a splitting maul.

What you're describing is exactly what I see in the image.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by stpedgwdgfhgdd »

“ MCP support. Axe can connect any MCP server to your agents”

I just don't see this in the readme… It is not in the Features section at least.

Anyway, i have MCP server that can post inline comments into Gitlab MR. Would like to try to hook it up to the code reviewer.

Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework

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Post by mccoyb »

Cool work!

Aside but 12 MB is ... large ... for such a thing. For reference, an entire HTTP (including crypto, TLS) stack with LLM API calls in Zig would net you a binary ~400 KB on ReleaseSmall (statically linked).

You can implement an entire language, compiler, and a VM in another 500 KB (or less!)

I don't think 12 MB is an impressive badge here?

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