Pinkthinker

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by Pinkthinker 1y ago
I don’t think you have ever written financial software. To take an example, you are not going to be able with a Chat GPT prompt to ask it to price a specific bond in a mortgage backed security. It’s hard enough to do it using structured pse
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by Pinkthinker 1y ago
When you think of all the efforts that humans undergo to produce structured pseudo code for their own flawed software, why would we be surprised that an AI would struggle with unstructured text prompts? LLMs will never get there. You need a
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by Pinkthinker 1y ago
I agree with this. None of this is irretrievable - you’ll grow out of it hopefully - many people do!
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by Pinkthinker 1y ago
Im getting tired of my side project. I always knew it would be really hard, but everything takes longer than expected. It’s a tool that writes software, so you can imagine the complexity and all the hurdles I’ve had to overcome. So far it’s
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by Pinkthinker 1y ago
I think there is a ton of innovation, much of it taking advantage of the underlying hardware that has been getting more powerful and cheaper and therefore enabling things we didn’t previously dream of. Even little things like those car sens
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The Engineer – Ac28R builds software in seconds(theengineer.co.uk)
8 points by Pinkthinker 2y ago|0 comments
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
An AI that writes complex accurate code will not be based on LLMs. That’s because you cannot possibly write precise and complete instructions using human prose, regardless of whether you might call yourself a “prompt engineer”. Such an AI
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
AI will be able to code faster and more accurately than we do. It won’t come from LLMs though; for one thing, their free-form human inputs will never be precise enough. Instead, it will come from a different kind of AI. Jobs that will be u
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Most likely OpenAI would have done it first, that is assuming that LLMs are the answer. But LLMs can never be the answer since they rely on ambiguously worded free-form text written by humans. Try writing software to price a derivative tha
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
IDE’s
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I’m pretty sure that LLMs will never replace programmers. It’s way too hard to stitch together code snippets. Also, when you think about all the misunderstandings that arise from pseudo code, free form text input to an LLM has to be even mo
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I’m old enough to remember databases like IDMS before SQL came along. SQL simplifies database access in a similar way to how AI and low-code tools simplify application that have minimal logic - things like web pages, dashboards and the like
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I’m struggling with the same problem. I think it depends on who you audience is. LinkedIn might get you to potential customers in your domain, but product hunt would get you to more techie people. My product (check out www.ac28r.com) is a
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I’ve had a few really close work friends over the years. I even met my wife at work. I agree with the notion that you should be careful about letting many work people know your personal business. However, close teams do work better together
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I don’t see any end to gaming. It meets deep human needs to master things, achieve things along the way and participate in a way that you don’t do with spectator sports, movies, or tv. I’m a jaded corporate type and it seems like playtime t
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Home alone Ferris Buhler Blues Brothers Field of dreams
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
In addition to all the good technical advice here, I would recommend paying attention to soft skills like written communication, presenting, persuading, reading comprehension, listening, being organised, setting priorities, etc. They will
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I would use a book or internet tutorials and just start building simple programs. Even better is to write a simple program and then just keep it extending it as you try out new things. Eventually you will get confident enough to be able to
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I tend to indulge them. After all, I do it all the time and appreciate being indulged! There’s nothing better than engaging with someone who is an expert in an area that you know little about. It’s only a problem if they dig in and get arg
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
We built a software product that writes code. Even though it’s obviously very intelligent, it is not based on an LLM at all. We are going back and forth whether to characterize it as AI for this very reason. The term is being very overused
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Most other jobs that pay well and take advantage of your technical smarts have other downsides- you need to spend years getting a qualification. The trade off as a coder is that you don’t really need one, but you do need to keep current. If
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Can you work with a headhunter? Doing interviews is always the best way to learn about the job market and get feedback. Even if they are not able to get you the interviews you want they will definitely give you feedback. Same thing goes fo
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Given that you are 30 with no experience I would be a little more flexible. Longer hours means more experience and it wouldn’t kill you. Many professions involve extra hours building your skills.
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I think that maybe we are too harsh in expecting LLMs to be perfect. If they are based off of human input that is incorrect then we might propagate such errors. But they will still be quicker and much more reliable than most people. Isn’t
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Thanks for taking a look. Yes, we treat numerical structures as standalone entities that can be combined and manipulated. With some slight variations we do something similar for databases, sets and random variables. Basically, all of the it
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
Thanks - yeah we covered numerical structures in some depth but it’s really hard to show how it handles really complex iteration like set operations, databases, and random variables. We are planning to do a video dedicated to them.
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Show HN: A computer that writes its own code(ac28r.com)
4 points by Pinkthinker 2y ago|4 comments
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I didn’t mean that they were exactly the same as you. But they do tend to get fired all the time and in many cases they have to be compensated in order to induce them to leave their current job. I do agree that keeping the rabble in check
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I agree that they can do things that don’t require too much logic - websites being a prime example, where much of the challenge is in the design and layout and where the response to clicking a button is fairly standard. But if you want to
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by Pinkthinker 2y ago
I’m guessing that he is still thinking in terms of LLMs. We know they cannot do precise things like coding software since humans will never be able to use natural language to specify their requirements. Even pseudocode is not precise and de

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