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Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

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Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#21
This tool fills a very narrow use case for demos of AI chat.

If you know Python and can run inference models on a colab then you can quickly whip up a demo UI with builtin components like chat with text and images. Arguably everyone is testing these apps so making them easy is cool for demo and prototyping.

For anything more than a demo you don't use this.

Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#22

> Build delightful web apps quickly in Python What makes them delightful? The Steve-Jobs-ification of marketing copy continues unabated.

bro. you don't get it, do you. this sort of copy is just table stakes in hi(and bye) tech nowadays.

you know, for these times when there is nothing under the table. not even legs*, I mean.

*as in, "this thing has legs".

Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#27
Disregarding all of the negative sentiment and claims of this repeating old work, I must say the source code is very fun to go through. The code is well-structured, integrates many awesome technologies and provides a foundation to build on. The project is the clearly the result of a high caliber level of craftsmanship and labor of love, great work Will Chen (wwwillchen) and others!

Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#28
post #15
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If only we could bundle it with the world's most commonly used tabular data tool, it could run the entire world

Don't you think that would be going too far? I worry what unholy creations people might come up with... A tabular data tool with a full development environment might just be too much power concentrated in a single application.

Nah people will just use it to run football pools and fantasy baseball leagues. It won't be a serious thing.

Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#29
It's funny how much negativity was/is around things like NodeJs when so many back end engineers railed against frontend folks for only wanting to use JS and not adapting "proper" languages when they always go and try to go out of there way to do the same thing in reverse.

Not that this isn't worthwhile or interesting

Re: Google Mesop: Build web apps in Python

#30
post #20

Do note that this is not an officially supported Google product, as per the disclaimer.

The official documentation for releasing personal projects at Google is externally available: https://opensource.google/documentation/reference

I believe many of the repos in the @google GitHub org are people's personal projects (and hence not officially staffed/supported, as disclaimed). In the linked Show HN, the authors confirm it's a 20% side project.

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