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Post by Kuyawa »

redbuck wrote: post #300
Kuyawa wrote: post #145

47mb downloaded, 1.5gb after build, wtf? I consider my own coding agent bloated at just 1mb (yes 1mb) because it uses postgresql package as db tool, and it works wonders. * edit 1: Upon further scrutiny, 35 dependencies make up for 1.4gb, what they are for? I don't even see postgres in there so I guess that would be another plugin. 1.5gb of basic functionality? * edit 2: Most of the time I use the terminal but also d…

NODE_MODULES

Exactly, node_modules, but being a single page app with nothing much other than calling AI in the background and beautifully presenting the results, what are those modules for? I suspect the culprit is react, typescript and its entourage of useless stuff not appropriate for a simple app in its structure, even if extremely complex for producing results.

UI is simple, we shouldn't complicate stuff

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Post by kaicianflone »

u8080 wrote: post #85
kaicianflone wrote: post #57

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Which it’s kind of strange VSCode ghcp lacks basic attributes like context % used compared to some TUIs where it’s default.

There is a round icon at the right bottom, where white arc is how much context used - hover for extra info.

Fantastic tq I feel stupid because I’ve seen that for a while now. Do you know more about the autocompaction process? I could use some help there too with ghcp. I don’t see my context going up while abusing smaller context models with long inputs nor do I see a compaction indicator after turns.

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Post by mcculley »

tianyicui wrote: post #297
big_toast wrote: post #198

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Sorry for the off topic question. You've been on hn a long time + work at deepseek which seems pretty uncommon. Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? Or any non-obvious ways hn/yc has influenced deepseek (or the broader ecosystem)?

> Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? We do hire people who are currently located outside of China (say North America, Europe, or anywhere) if they're open to work in our Beijing or Hangzhou offices.

I am very curious about this, not for myself, just for the geopolitical consequences. Does this mean China is making it easy for citizens of other countries to come work there?

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Post by mcculley »

Sha1rholder wrote: post #226
big_toast wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for the off topic question. You've been on hn a long time + work at deepseek which seems pretty uncommon. Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? Or any non-obvious ways hn/yc has influenced deepseek (or the broader ecosystem)?

Sorry for the off topic question. Why is "being on hn a long time + working at deepseek" "seems pretty uncommon" to you?

Wouldn't many potential users in China be limited by the Great Firewall?

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Post by rnewme »

tianyicui wrote: post #297
big_toast wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for the off topic question. You've been on hn a long time + work at deepseek which seems pretty uncommon. Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? Or any non-obvious ways hn/yc has influenced deepseek (or the broader ecosystem)?

> Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? We do hire people who are currently located outside of China (say North America, Europe, or anywhere) if they're open to work in our Beijing or Hangzhou offices.

Best way to apply?

Re: DeepSeek Harness developer preview

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Post by big_toast »

tianyicui wrote: post #297
big_toast wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for the off topic question. You've been on hn a long time + work at deepseek which seems pretty uncommon. Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? Or any non-obvious ways hn/yc has influenced deepseek (or the broader ecosystem)?

> Anything you think hn doesn't know about deepseek that it should? We do hire people who are currently located outside of China (say North America, Europe, or anywhere) if they're open to work in our Beijing or Hangzhou offices.

Ha. Fair. I admit I was angling for lore (history, culture, influences, typical coding stack, vim vs emacs vs ? distribution but I guess it’s probably more harness vs harness now...) but this definitely satisfies the question.

Hope you can convince some more people join hn and answer questions on occasion.

I think julius has phrased things better than me.

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Post by zackchew »

kzsh wrote: post #21
m_ke wrote: post #11

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1. it's built for async 2. runs everywhere 3. interpreted, making it fast to iterate on 4. decent performance 5. most popular language, llms are decent at writing it

An additional benefit of interpreted, I think, is to make plugins easier to distribute and incorporate. With a compiled language you’d need message passing or something.

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Re: DeepSeek Harness developer preview

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Post by tianyicui »

julius wrote: post #294
tianyicui wrote: post #119

Hi I'm one of the authors of DeepSeek Harness. It's just an early developer preview version we're presenting in MIT license currently. Expect lots of rough edges and compatibility-breaking changes. Any feedback and suggestions are more than welcome!

The best kept secret in AI training. Tianyi, since you are our insider. When you walk by the training teams office - how often do you see Pelicans on their screens?

Basically never? Unless it's purely for fun and meme I guess.

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Post by Sha1rholder »

mcculley wrote: post #315
Sha1rholder wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for the off topic question. Why is "being on hn a long time + working at deepseek" "seems pretty uncommon" to you?

Wouldn't many potential users in China be limited by the Great Firewall?

Can't find a single person in a Chinese tech company who doesn't know how to bypass GFW.
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