alex5207

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What are vector databases, and why do we need them?(substack.com)
4 points by alex5207 11mo ago|0 comments
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by alex5207 1y ago
This is exactly what we're doing. Works like a charm.
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by alex5207 1y ago
[About the event loop] > She's behind the scenes managing resources. Some power is explicitly granted to her, but a lot of her ability to get things done comes from the respect & cooperation of her subordinates. What a wonderful
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by alex5207 1y ago
Those are cursed!
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by alex5207 1y ago
> I'm stuck with manual docker compose up/down commands over SSH Out of curiosity, what is so bad about this for smaller projects?
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by alex5207 1y ago
Super read! Thanks for sharing
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by alex5207 1y ago
Enjoyed the read - thanks for sharing! Found a small typo here: > For the service rate (λ), we can keep things simple and assume that our server can service 10 items per minute with zero variation. I think it's supposed to be mu and
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by alex5207 2y ago
Good point about fluctuating rates for e.g the sales period. But couldn't you then pick a metric that doesn't fluctuate? Out of curiosity, where did you work? In the same space as you.
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by alex5207 2y ago
Obviously I didn't mean to imply that your merits as a programmer should be judged by your ability to recall specific syntax, like the equality operator in some language. I'm wondering about the long term effects of not paying a
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Ask HN: Did AI make you a worse programmer?
16 points by alex5207 2y ago|12 comments
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by alex5207 2y ago
Never knew about QUALIFY. That's great
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by alex5207 2y ago
His explanations are great and just wanted to +1 on the idea of range trees. Adding a reference here to a very lightweight read on range trees: https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.851/spring10/scribe/lec03.pd...