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?
Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
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Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#72Cool 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?
it's written in golang. 12MB barely gets you "hello world" since everything is statically linked. With that in mind, the size is impressive.
Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#73I have a known workflow to create an RPG character with steps, lets automate some of the boilerplate by having a succession of LLMs read my preferences about each step and apply their particular pieces of data to that step of the workflow, outputting their result to successive subdirectories, so I can pub/sub the entire process and make edits to intermediate files to tweak results as I desire.
Now that's cool!
Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#74Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#7512MB for an "AI framework replacement"? That's either brilliant compression or someone's redefining "framework" to mean "toy model that works on my laptop." Show me the benchmarks on actual workloads, not the readme poetry.
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#76Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#77Cool 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?
Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#78@jrswab, do you think it would be feasible to limit outgoing connections to a whitelist of domains, URLs, or IP addresses?
I’d like to automate some of my email, calendar, or timesheet tasks, but I’m concerned that a prompt injection could end up exfiltrating or deleting data. In fact, that’s the main reason why I’m not using Openclaw or similar projects with real data yet.
Re: Show HN: Axe – A 12MB binary that replaces your AI framework
#79Earlier 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.
I get that it can seem childish but when you compare that to the indolent people who are demanding AI, it cancels out.