davidmckayv

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by davidmckayv 29d ago
Hey there! One of the maintainers of OpenBot here, happy to answer any questions. Also note this is in alpha, so tons of stuff still on the roadmap.
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by davidmckayv 1mo ago
OP here. I work with Mike on the SDK, and he covered why we built it, so here's how it actually works. We treat "channel" as one layer with four pieces: Adapters normalize each platform's webhooks and quirks into a singl
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Show HN: The Channels SDK – Bring Any Agent to Any Channel (Slack, MS Teams)(github.com)
121 points by davidmckayv 1mo ago|24 comments
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OpenTag: An open-source alternative to Claude in Slack(github.com)
15 points by davidmckayv 3mo ago|0 comments
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
That's fair, but how do you grep down to the right 100-200 documents from millions without semantic understanding? If someone asks "What's our supply chain exposure?" grep won't find documents discussing "vendo
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
This glosses over a fundamental scaling problem that undermines the entire argument. The author's main example is Claude Code searching through local codebases with grep and ripgrep, then extrapolates this to claim RAG is dead for all
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
Having technical access to prompts doesn't equal knowledge for criminal liability. Under 18 USC § 842, you need actual knowledge that specific information is being provided to someone who intends to use it for a crime. The fact that Op
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
You're conflating individual criminal liability with mandated prior restraint. If someone tells a chatbot they're going to commit a crime and the AI helps them, prosecute under existing law. But the company doesn't have knowl
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
There's no contradiction. "True threats" is already a narrow exception defined by decades of Supreme Court precedent. It means statements where the speaker intends to communicate a serious expression of intent to commit unlaw
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
You're actually making my point for me. 18 USC § 842 criminalizes distributing information with knowledge or intent that it will be used to commit a crime. That's criminal liability for completed conduct with a specific mens rea r
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
Thank you!
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
No. I just write well.
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
This is censorship with extra steps. Look at what the bill actually requires. Companies have to publish frameworks showing how they "mitigate catastrophic risk" and implement "safety protocols" for "dangerous capabi
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by davidmckayv 1y ago
This really captures something I've been experiencing with Gemini lately. The models are genuinely capable when they work properly, but there's this persistent truncation issue that makes them unreliable in practice. I've bee
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by davidmckayv 9y ago
CTO of PolicyGenius (NYC) here. We'd love to have former SoundClouders come join. Not just for engineering, we have a bunch of openings across the business. You can also email recruiting@policygenius.com. https://boards.g
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by davidmckayv 9y ago
I actually specifically wrote about this after receiving an email calling imposter syndrome out as the reason the person wanted to stop the interview process. Some thoughts on how to overcome it are in the article. https://mediu
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Obliterate Imposter Syndrome(medium.com)
1 points by davidmckayv 9y ago|0 comments