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Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by zwnow »

BoorishBears wrote: post #8
thombles wrote: post #3

In addition to what's already in the thread, I assume by now somebody has vibecoded an agent to scan GitHub for bounties and then automatically vibe up a corresponding solution. Will be a fun source of spam for anyone who wants to do the right thing and pay people for good work.

I recently got my first AI generated PR for a project I maintain and it was honestly a little stressful. My first clue was that PR description was absurdly detailed and well structured... yet the actual changes were really scattershot. A human with the experience and attention to detail to produce that detailed description would likely also have broken it down into seperate PRs. And the code seemed alright until I no…

Not only admitting, it should be law to mark anything AI generated as AI generated. Even if AI contributed just a tiny bit. I dont want to use AI slop, and I should be allowed to make informed decisions based on that preference.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by [deleted] »

zwnow wrote: post #9
cybrox wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? It doesn't say you need to have extensive experience with them. I would assume this is mostly to dissuade applicants that are not aware of the potential challenges ahead.

This "exploring" can take tremendous amounts of time, depending on the complexity of these APIs. My time is worth a lot to myself. I am not going to spend many hours for a chance of winning 5k$. If this takes a week off of my free time its not worth 5k to me.

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Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

#13

Post by scrollaway »

zwnow wrote: post #11
BoorishBears wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently got my first AI generated PR for a project I maintain and it was honestly a little stressful. My first clue was that PR description was absurdly detailed and well structured... yet the actual changes were really scattershot. A human with the experience and attention to detail to produce that detailed description would likely also have broken it down into seperate PRs. And the code seemed alright until I no…

Not only admitting, it should be law to mark anything AI generated as AI generated. Even if AI contributed just a tiny bit. I dont want to use AI slop, and I should be allowed to make informed decisions based on that preference.

Did you by any chance type this comment on a device that has autocorrect enabled?

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by sarreph »

Banditoz wrote: post #10
jumploops wrote: post #6

Everyone is looking down on LLM-assisted dev here, but I think it's a great fit. I also don't believe it can be one-shotted (there's too many deltas between Notion's API and Obsidian). With that said, LLMs are great for enumerating edge-cases, and this feels like the perfect task for Codex/Claude Code. I'd implore the obsidian team/maintainers to take a stab at building this with LLMs. Based on personal experience, t…

Someone's given it a shot: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-importer/pull/424

Can't help but think if the author of that PR had been less defeatist and snarky they would have had a chance at decent discussion about it being a viable option (with AI).

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by ath3nd »

jumploops wrote: post #6

Everyone is looking down on LLM-assisted dev here, but I think it's a great fit. I also don't believe it can be one-shotted (there's too many deltas between Notion's API and Obsidian). With that said, LLMs are great for enumerating edge-cases, and this feels like the perfect task for Codex/Claude Code. I'd implore the obsidian team/maintainers to take a stab at building this with LLMs. Based on personal experience, t…

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Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by zwnow »

scrollaway wrote: post #13
zwnow wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not only admitting, it should be law to mark anything AI generated as AI generated. Even if AI contributed just a tiny bit. I dont want to use AI slop, and I should be allowed to make informed decisions based on that preference.

Did you by any chance type this comment on a device that has autocorrect enabled?

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Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

#17

Post by jangxx »

scrollaway wrote: post #13
zwnow wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not only admitting, it should be law to mark anything AI generated as AI generated. Even if AI contributed just a tiny bit. I dont want to use AI slop, and I should be allowed to make informed decisions based on that preference.

Did you by any chance type this comment on a device that has autocorrect enabled?

Autocorrect is not generative AI in the way that anyone is using that word. Also autocorrect doesn't even need to use any sort of ML model.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by Kichererbsen »

zwnow wrote: post #2

> Please only apply if you have taken time to explore the Importer codebase, as well as the Notion API. Suddenly 5k$ does not sound as good

Unless you've already done projects in both. Then, it might seem trivial? Idk. I haven't looked at either. But if there is such a person out there, with the spare time to look into it, they might be ideally suited!

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by scrollaway »

jangxx wrote: post #17
scrollaway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you by any chance type this comment on a device that has autocorrect enabled?

Autocorrect is not generative AI in the way that anyone is using that word. Also autocorrect doesn't even need to use any sort of ML model.

Ah yes the duality of anti-AI crowds on HN. “GenAI is just fancy autocorrect”, and “autocorrect isn’t actually GenAI”.

The thing is, if you’re talking about making laws (as GP is), your “surely people understand this difference” strategy doesn’t matter squat and the impact will be larger than you think.

Re: Notion API importer, with Databases to Bases conversion bounty

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Post by lihaoyi »

I've had a pretty good experience offering bounties on my own projects:

- https://github.com/orgs/com-lihaoyi/discussions/6

If you look at that thread, you'll see I've paid out quite a lot in bounties, somewhere around 50-60kUSD (the amount is not quite precise, because some bounties I completed myself without paying, and others I paid extra when the work turned out to be more than expected). In exchange, I did manage to get quite a lot of work done for that cost

You do get some trash, it does take significant work to review, and not everything is amenable to bounties. But for projects that already have interested users and potential collaborators, sometimes 500-1000USD in cash is enough motivation for someone to go from curious to engaged. And if I can pay someone 500-1000USD to save me a week of work (and associated context switching) it can definitely be worth the cost.

The bounties are certainly not a living wage for people, especially compared to my peers making 1mUSD/yr at some big tech FAANG. It's just a token of appreciation that somehow feels qualitatively different from the money that comes in your twice-monthly paycheck

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