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Post by mrshadowgoose »

Aurornis wrote: post #84

I do like the embrace of The Office as a theme because it so accurately represents the dysfunction of all of the agent swarms I’ve seen: Different personalities pursuing their own little goals that are all competing with each other in subtle ways that eventually leads a funny collapse of the outcome you wanted. There’s no denying that LLMs are getting better by the month, but the current wave of LLM office and person…

In areas of applicability where GenAI to now considered to be good/great, the pattern I've observed is a frighteningly rapid progression from "abjectly terrible", to "middling and mostly more trouble than it's worth" and then "good/great".

Agentic coding and image generation are probably the best examples of this.

There's no guarantee that this trend will be seen with virtual assistants, but if it does, we're on the brink of incredible. Dedicated personal assistants, that actually know and understand one's context and work well together, are unarguably hugely appreciated by those who can afford them.

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Post by Obscurity4340 »

grey-area wrote: post #70
ihaveajob wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's an oxymoron at all. An expert climber still uses a harness for safety, even though they won't (typically) try to jump off the wall.

They would 1 times out of 10 if they were an LLM. Then say sorry, you’re absolutely right I shouldn’t have jumped off the cliff.

From beyond the grave

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Post by slashdave »

bedstefar wrote: post #25

If this dropped just five years ago no one would understand what on earth this software does . In many ways I still don't. Incredible the development we've seen lately, wonder what will stick and what won't?

Discovery is part of good design. It is easy to confuse complexity with sophistication.

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Post by pkaeding »

flufluflufluffy wrote: post #26
chanux wrote: post #17

Is it just me or do AI made websites tend to be too verbose?

Not quite verbose but they tend to repeat the same few ideas multiple times with varied wording/imagery. You keep scrolling because you think you’re gonna see something new and by the end you’ve realized you just read the same thing 4 times over.

Hasn't that been true of marketing websites for a long time?

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Post by chaicodes »

sgarlatm wrote: post #74
chaicodes wrote: post #18

Hey guys, thanks for putting it here, I am Chaitanya I built Munder Difflin, I am here to answer all your questions(except nylonstrung). For people who haven't tried it: Munder Difflin is a local multi-agent harness that wraps around your existing claude code and codex subscriptions(we literally support almost all harnesses/coding agents). Simulations are deterministic, they do not consume tokens, infact most of the…

Cool project! I’m still trying to figure out if this sort of thing is the future, or something that the big AI labs will subsume into their products on their own soon. Or something that won’t be necessary in a few months when LLMs get smarter.

You won't see big AI companies allowing other providers in their native agents/harnesses. I believe this is a great opportunity for open source projects like us.

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Post by chaicodes »

kupfer wrote: post #107
chaicodes wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Too bad, man's gotta make money to live in the capitalistic society.

That is possible while openly stating your products price.

Hey thanks, I'll update the pricing on website today.

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Post by chaicodes »

joshstrange wrote: post #63

Ok, I've been running it for a couple hours and below are my thoughts. Please note that I do find it fascinating even if most of what I'm about to say is complaining about the parts I like less. - Pipelines, not agents. Roles, not agents. I really don't like the idea of defined agents with their own prompt. I want to define roles and spin up N agents with that role. Furthermore I want pipelines "Plan -> Review Plan -…

Thankyou so much for the feedbacks, I'll pick them up in next few versions. If you try it again in a week or so, you'd find a lot of these issues resolved.

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Post by toss1 »

aruggirello wrote: post #48
chaicodes wrote: post #18

Hey guys, thanks for putting it here, I am Chaitanya I built Munder Difflin, I am here to answer all your questions(except nylonstrung). For people who haven't tried it: Munder Difflin is a local multi-agent harness that wraps around your existing claude code and codex subscriptions(we literally support almost all harnesses/coding agents). Simulations are deterministic, they do not consume tokens, infact most of the…

I love it!!! But please, change that "GOD orchestrator" label, as a believer, I find it profane and offensive.

Perhaps consider reframing the term from referring to the God in which you believe but as merely a reference to just the top agent in its little Munder Difflin universe?

Seems like both a mental model which more accurately represents the meaning of the "GOD orchestrator" term, and solves the meaning disconnect closest to the source that is troubling you, thus being the most effective and efficient solution for everyone?

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Post by xorcist »

andrewljohnson wrote: post #71
chaicodes wrote: post #18

Hey guys, thanks for putting it here, I am Chaitanya I built Munder Difflin, I am here to answer all your questions(except nylonstrung). For people who haven't tried it: Munder Difflin is a local multi-agent harness that wraps around your existing claude code and codex subscriptions(we literally support almost all harnesses/coding agents). Simulations are deterministic, they do not consume tokens, infact most of the…

“send cold emails with enriched context” What’s the difference between cold and spam?

The name.

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Post by monkeynotes »

chaicodes wrote: post #18

Hey guys, thanks for putting it here, I am Chaitanya I built Munder Difflin, I am here to answer all your questions(except nylonstrung). For people who haven't tried it: Munder Difflin is a local multi-agent harness that wraps around your existing claude code and codex subscriptions(we literally support almost all harnesses/coding agents). Simulations are deterministic, they do not consume tokens, infact most of the…

When you say no code leaves your machine, how does code get evaluated by your LLM of choice? Doesn't Claude see your code when you send a prompt just like it usually does?
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